Lincoln the lawyer
By: by Frederick Trevor Hill.
Contributors: Lincoln Centennial Association (Springfield, Ill.)
Publisher: Century Co.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Table of contents: title: Lincoln's mythical birthright to the law; title: The real source of Lincoln's professional aspirations; title: The primitive bench and bar of Indiana; title: Legal apprenticeship; title: Lincoln's first argument and his early attitude toward the law; title: Lincoln and law student; title: Admission to the bar: the primitive bench and bar of Illinois; title: Lincoln's first partnership; title: His early cases and competitors; title: Lincoln and the menacing clerk; title: Early success in the courts; title: A notable partnership; title: Judge Logan and Lincoln; title: Lincoln the head of a law firm; title: Lincoln the lawyer in Congress; title: Life on the Illinois Circuit; title: Judge Davis and Lincoln; title: Leader of the bar; title: The jury lawyer; title: The cross-examiner; title: Legal ethics; title: Legal reputation; title: Law in the debate; title: As candidate; title: As president; title: Appendices: Illinois Supreme Court Memorial; title: Lincoln's case against the Illinois Central R.R.; title: Lincoln's cases in the Illinois Court of Last Resort.