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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Ronald D., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ewing, Thomas, > 1829-1896.
Ewing family.
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Legislators.
Lawyers.
Judges.
Generals.
Businessmen.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Judges > Kansas > Biography.
Lawyers > Ohio > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States.
Ohio.
Missouri.
Kansas.
Missouri > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Kansas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 of the Kansas Supreme Court"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (395 pages).
ISBN:9780826266668

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