Download or read book Lincoln s Ladder to the Presidency written by Guy C. Fraker and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Univeristy Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools 2013 edition Superior Achievement by the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013 Throughout his twenty-three-year legal career, Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as much time on the road as an attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit as he did in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Yet most historians gloss over the time and instead have Lincoln emerge fully formed as a skillful politician in 1858. In this innovative volume, Guy C. Fraker provides the first-ever study of Lincoln’s professional and personal home away from home and demonstrates how the Eighth Judicial Circuit and its people propelled Lincoln to the presidency. Each spring and fall, Lincoln traveled to as many as fourteen county seats in the Eighth Judicial Circuit to appear in consecutive court sessions over a ten- to twelve-week period. Fraker describes the people and counties that Lincoln encountered, discusses key cases Lincoln handled, and introduces the important friends he made, friends who eventually formed the team that executed Lincoln’s nomination strategy at the Chicago Republican Convention in 1860 and won him the presidential nomination. As Fraker shows, the Eighth Judicial Circuit provided the perfect setting for the growth and ascension of Lincoln. A complete portrait of the sixteenth president depends on a full understanding of his experience on the circuit, and Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency provides that understanding as well as a fresh perspective on the much-studied figure, thus deepening our understanding of the roots of his political influence and acumen.
Download or read book The Jury in Lincoln s America written by Stacy Pratt McDermott and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the antebellum Midwest, Americans looked to the law, and specifically to the jury, to navigate the uncertain terrain of a rapidly changing society. During this formative era of American law, the jury served as the most visible connector between law and society. Through an analysis of the composition of grand and trial juries and an examination of their courtroom experiences, Stacy Pratt McDermott demonstrates how central the law was for people who lived in Abraham Lincoln’s America. McDermott focuses on the status of the jury as a democratic institution as well as on the status of those who served as jurors. According to the 1860 census, the juries in Springfield and Sangamon County, Illinois, comprised an ethnically and racially diverse population of settlers from northern and southern states, representing both urban and rural mid-nineteenth-century America. It was in these counties that Lincoln developed his law practice, handling more than 5,200 cases in a legal career that spanned nearly twenty-five years. Drawing from a rich collection of legal records, docket books, county histories, and surviving newspapers, McDermott reveals the enormous power jurors wielded over the litigants and the character of their communities.
Download or read book The Lost Guidon written by Mary Noailles Murfree and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Lost Guidon" (1911) by Mary Noailles Murfree. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Lincoln s Forgotten Friend Leonard Swett written by Robert S. Eckley and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1849, while traveling as an attorney on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln befriended Leonard Swett (1825–89), a fellow attorney sixteen years his junior. Despite this age difference, the two men built an enduring friendship that continued until Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. Until now, no historian has explored Swett’s life or his remarkable relationship with the sixteenth president. In this welcome volume, Robert S. Eckley provides the first biography of Swett, crafting an intimate portrait of his experiences as a loyal member of Lincoln’s inner circle. Eckley chronicles Swett’s early life and the part he played in Lincoln’s political campaigns, including his role as an essential member of the team behind Lincoln’s two nominations and elections for the presidency. Swett counseled Lincoln during the formation of his cabinet and served as an unofficial advisor and sounding board during Lincoln’s time in office. Throughout his life, Swett wrote a great deal on Lincoln, and planned to write a biography about him, but Swett’s death preempted the project. His eloquent and interesting writings about Lincoln are described and reproduced in this volume, some for the first time. With Lincoln’s Forgotten Friend, Eckley removes Swett from the shadows of history and sheds new light on Lincoln’s personal relationships and their valuable contributions to his career. Superior Achievement from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013
Download or read book Raising the Veil written by Ball Fenner and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories written by Mary Noailles Murfree and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Raid of The Guerilla, and Other Stories" authored by Mary Noailles Murfree presents a collection of captivating short stories that delve into the lives of people in the Appalachian region. Murfree's vivid portrayal of characters and their struggles in the rugged terrain creates a vivid tapestry of human emotions and experiences. Each story carries its unique charm, showcasing Murfree's skill in capturing the essence of Southern culture and traditions. This anthology is a celebration of the rich heritage and resilient spirit of the Appalachian people.
Download or read book Joshua R Giddings written by Walter Buell and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book 7 best short stories by Mary Noailles Murfree written by Mary Noailles Murfree and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to Mary Noailles Murfree, an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.Works selected for this book:The raid of the guerilla; Who crosses storm mountain?; The crucial moment; Una of the hill country; The lost guidon; Wolfs Head; His unquiet ghost. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Download or read book The Papers of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many in politics began their careers in the law; no one has cut such a distinguished path in this regard as Abraham Lincoln. Before his presidency, from 1836 to 1861, Lincoln practiced law in the courts of central Illinois. Part of an ambitious undertaking to collect and publish the surviving documentary record of Lincoln’s life, this four-volume set addresses his quarter-century law career. Arranged chronologically, the four volumes present documents from more than fifty of Lincoln’s most interesting, important, or representative cases, all of which are transcribed and annotated. The edition features illuminating essays on Lincoln’s career as a lawyer and as a court official, as well as a biographical directory, an extensive legal glossary, and a cumulative index covering all four volumes.
Download or read book History of Greene County Ohio written by Michael A. Broadstone and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Standard History of Allen County Ohio written by William Rusler and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Looking for Lincoln in Illinois written by Guy C. Fraker and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twenty-three years Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in east central Illinois, and his legal career is explored in Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial Circuit, the first guidebook to the circuit. Guy C. Fraker directs readers and travelers through the prairies to the towns in which Lincoln practiced law. Twice a year, spring and fall, Lincoln's work took him through the circuit's fourteen counties, a ten- to twelve-week journey covering more than four hundred miles. As his stature as a lawyer grew, east central Illinois grew in population and influence, and the circuit provided Lincoln with clients, friends, and associates who became part of the network that ultimately elevated him to the presidency. Fraker guides travelers down the long stretches of quiet country roads that gave Lincoln time to read and think, shaping his views of democracy and governance, to the locations where Lincoln's broad range of cases expanded his sense of the economic and social forces changing America. This addition to the Looking for Lincoln series provides detailed directions, five maps of the routes, and more than one hundred images of the people that impacted Lincoln and the places where so many formative events occurred. Showcasing courthouse markers, county line markers, Looking for Lincoln Wayside Exhibits, and numerous other points of interest, this unique guidebook invites travelers to visit the towns where Lincoln practiced law, view the terrain that is much the same now as when Lincoln passed, and perhaps experience a sense of Lincoln's presence in those quiet, out-of-the-way places.
