Wicked Springfield
Subtitle: crime, corruption, and scandal during the Lincoln era
By: Erika Holst.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781596299016
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes; Crime -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes; Corruption -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes; Scandals -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes; Criminals -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes; Springfield (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes; Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Springfield (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Political brawls; title: Governors' (mis)deeds; title: Sex, slander, and fighting; title: Slavery in the emancipator's hometown; title: Abraham Lincoln's scandal; title: Murder most foul; title: Civil War shenanigans; title: Epilogue.