Lincoln's forgotten friend, Leonard Swett /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eckley, Robert S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Swett, Leonard, > 1825-1889.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Swett, Leonard, > 1825-1889
Lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Friendship
Lawyers
Bloomington (Ill.) > Biography.
Illinois
Illinois > Bloomington
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A wandering youth
  • The road to Mount Pulaski
  • The great triumvirate of the Eighth Judicial Circuit
  • Politics overtakes the law
  • From the Wigwam to Washington
  • And the war came
  • Witness to the emancipation
  • Quicksilver and New Almaden
  • This terrible war
  • A strategic decision
  • Legal advocate and civic leader
  • The better angels of our nature.

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