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Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America
Lincoln's Greatest Case The River the Bridge and the Making of America
Author: Brian McGinty
The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight. In May of 1856, the steamboatEffie Afton barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge?the first railroad bridge ever to span the Mississippi River?unalterably changing the course of American transportation history....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780871407849
ISBN-10: 0871407841
Publication Date: 2/9/2015
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Liveright
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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