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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McGinty, Brian, author.     Subjects     Hurd, John (Steamboat owner)     Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.     Effie Afton (Steamboat)     Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- )     Trials -- Illinois -- Chicago.     Shipwrecks -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Railroad bridges -- United States.     Liability for railroad accidents -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McGinty, Brian, author.       by title:      Lincoln's greatest c...         MARC Display

Lincoln's greatest case : the river, the bridge, and the making of America / Brian McGinty. by McGinty, Brian, author. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2015. Subjects Hurd, John (Steamboat owner)   Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.   Effie Afton (Steamboat)   Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- )   Trials -- Illinois -- Chicago.   Shipwrecks -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Railroad bridges -- United States.   Liability for railroad accidents -- United States. ISBN:  9780871407849 : 0871407841 : Description:  259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  Examines the case of the steamboat Effie Afton, which barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge in May of 1856, and the role of trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 346.0322 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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