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Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit
Guy C. Fraker
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Description for Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809332014
SKU
V9780809332014
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About Guy C. Fraker
Guy C. Fraker, an attorney in Bloomington, Illinois, has written extensively and lectures frequently on the Eighth Circuit. He was the consultant on the award-winning PBS documentary, 'Lincoln, Prelude to the Presidency,' and co-curated 'Prologue to the Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit,' a traveling exhibit also on permanent display at the David Davis Mansion, a state ... Read more
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