Thomas Ewing Jr. : frontier lawyer and Civil War general /

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"Examines Thomas Ewing Jr.'s career as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas and how he came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Ronald D., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Colección:Shades of blue and gray series.
Temas:
Ewing, Thomas, > 1829-1896.
Ewing family.
Ewing family
Ewing, Thomas, > 1829-1896
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1861-1865
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Lawyers > Ohio > Biography.
Judges > Kansas > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Businessmen
Generals
Judges
Lawyers
Legislators
Kansas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Missouri > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part One: Hardscrabble; 1 The Judgment of Heaven on a Country; 2 LE GRAND DÉTOUR; 3 MORTGAGES, PRESS BOOKS, AND OFFICE BOYS; 4 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE AND A MAN NAMED LINCOLN; Part Two: They'd as Soon Fight the Devil as to Fight Kansas Men; 5 A WORLD WAS WATCHING; 6 EWING'S LIGHT ARTILLERY; 7 EXTERMINATE THEM, ROOT AND BRANCH; 8 THE VISIBLE INTERPOSITION OF GOD; 9 THERMOPYLAE OF THE WEST; Part Three: The Politics of Money; 10 DR. MUDD'S TRIALAND WIDOW ADIE'S COTTON; 11 THE GATHERING OF EVIL BIRDS; 12 THE CRÉDIT MOBILIER AND"HIS FRAUDULENCY."
  • 13 SWEATY OLD COINS AND LAST HURRAHSBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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