Lincoln's greatest case
Subtitle: the river, the bridge, and the making of America
By: Brian McGinty
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780871407849
Subjects: Railroad bridges; Liability for railroad accidents; Effie Afton (Steamboat); Trials, litigation; Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company; Trials; Law and legislation; Shipwrecks; History
Description: The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index.