A. Lincoln, Prairie LawyerAuthor makes use of the Herndon-Weik Papers, first opened to the public in 1942, and of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, which was not accessible until 1947, in the biography of Abraham Lincoln as a lawyer. |
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Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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