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Author Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Title The case of Abraham Lincoln : a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president / Julie M. Fenster.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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 Axe Special Collections Baron  973.7 L638Bfen 2009    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed.
Description 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Note "Foreword by Douglas Brinkley"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
Summary Documents the events surrounding a mid-nineteenth-century Springfield blacksmith's murder trial that would define Abraham Lincoln's legal career, evaluating how the case reflected the beliefs of the time and placed Lincoln in the national spotlight.
Contents Foreword: Lincoln in his element / by Dr. Douglas Brinkley -- March, 1856 : like a cathedral -- April : at the anvil -- The beginning of May : stranger in the yard -- Early May : something about strychnine -- May 15 : the old man went out -- Mid-May : excitement in the city -- Late May : an old battered stovepipe hat -- May 29 : Major's Hall -- June : summer days -- July and August : the march of the what-y'a-call-ems -- September : boarding men -- October and November : a motive equal to murder -- November and early December : the best hope of the nation.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Anderson, George, -1856 -- Death and burial.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Anderson, George, -1856 -- Death and burial.
Anderson, George, -1856. (OCoLC)fst01804592
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Poisoning -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century.
Adultery -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century.
Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (Homicide) -- Springfield (Ill.)
Poisons and poisoning -- History.
Adultery -- History.
Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
Law. (OCoLC)fst00993678
Poisoning. (OCoLC)fst01068142
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
Illinois -- Springfield. (OCoLC)fst01204937
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780230608092 (pbk.)
0230608094 (pbk.)

 
    
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