Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit Contributor(s): Fraker, Guy C. (Author), Burlingame, Michael (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0809332019 ISBN-13: 9780809332014 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
Dewey: 340.092 |
LCCN: 2012005552 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 356 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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Publisher Description: Univeristy Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools 2013 edition 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burlingame, Michael: - Michael Burlingame is the author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln and the Civil War and the editor of many collections of Lincoln primary source materials. He is the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. Fraker, Guy C.: - Guy C. Fraker, a retired attorney from Bloomington, Illinois, is the author of Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: the Eighth Judicial Circuit. His articles have been published in the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, Illinois Heritage, the Bloomington Pantagraph, and the Champaign News Gazette. He was a consultant for the WILL-TV documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, and he cocurated Prologue to the Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, an exhibit on permanent display at the David Davis Mansion. |