Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Subtitle: frontier lawyer and Civil War general
By: Ronald D. Smith.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780826218063
Subjects: Ewing, Thomas, -- 1829-1896; Ewing family; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Lawyers -- Ohio -- Biography; Judges -- Kansas -- Biography; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Examines Thomas Ewing, Jr.'s career as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas and how he came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.