The untold story of how onesensational trial propelled a self-taughtlawyer and a future presidentinto the national spotlight.
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In 1856, the steamboat Efie Afton crashed into the Rock Island Bridge, the first bridge built over the Mississippi River. The post-crash trial pitted the steamboat and emerging railroad industry against each other in the fight for control over routes across the Mississippi. The trial was also the most significant trial of Abe Lincoln’s career as a lawyer, and this book for general readers, students, and scholars details Lincoln’s role in the trial in depth. Author McGinty is an attorney and scholar who has written several other books on Lincoln. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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