Description: Abraham Lincoln, Esq. : The Legal Career of America's Greatest President, Paperback by Billings, Roger (EDT); Williams, Frank J. (EDT), ISBN 0813136539, ISBN-13 9780813136530, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America's Greatest President examines Lincoln's law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. Editors Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams, along with a notable list of contributors, examine Lincoln's career as a general-practice attorney, looking both at his work in Illinois and at the time he spent in Washington. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln's legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln's legal writing, ethics, the Constitution, and international law. Abraham Lincoln, Esq. emphasizes this often overlooked period in Lincoln's career and sheds light on Lincoln's life before he became our sixteenth president.
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Book Title: Abraham Lincoln, Esq. : The Legal Career of America's Greatest Pr
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Abraham Lincoln, Esq : the Legal Career of America's Greatest President
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: Legal Profession, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, Lawyers & Judges, Legal History
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Author: Frank J. Williams, Roger Billings
Subject Area: Law, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
