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The Resource Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency, Dan Abrams and David Fisher

Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency, Dan Abrams and David Fisher

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At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases -- including more than twenty-five murder trials -- during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician. He was being urged to make a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860. Taking this case involved great risk. His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this trial, should Harrison be convicted of murder, the spotlight now focused so brightly on him might be dimmed. He had won his most recent murder trial with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The case also posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. The accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office -- and who had bitterly slandered Lincoln as an "infidel...too lacking in faith" to be elected. Dan Abrams and David Fisher capture the presidential hopeful's dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client but also for his own blossoming political future
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eng
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287 pages, 26 unnumbered pages
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9781335424693
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Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
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Lincoln's last trial
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the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
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Dan Abrams and David Fisher
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Lincolns last trial
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the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
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eng
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At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases -- including more than twenty-five murder trials -- during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician. He was being urged to make a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860. Taking this case involved great risk. His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this trial, should Harrison be convicted of murder, the spotlight now focused so brightly on him might be dimmed. He had won his most recent murder trial with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The case also posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. The accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office -- and who had bitterly slandered Lincoln as an "infidel...too lacking in faith" to be elected. Dan Abrams and David Fisher capture the presidential hopeful's dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client but also for his own blossoming political future
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This gripping true story recreates Abraham Lincoln’s last murder trial—a case during which he defended the son of a close friend and loyal supporter who was accused of killing Lincoln’s mentor, and was forced to form an unholy alliance with a longtime enemy to win
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individual biography
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10665310
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ETC
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1966-
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Abrams, Dan
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973.7
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  • illustrations
  • portraits
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index present
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KF368.L52
LC item number
A537 2018
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non fiction
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bibliography
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1946-
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Fisher, David
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True
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  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Harrison, Quinn
  • Crafton, Greek.
  • Harrison, Peachy Quinn
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Criminal defense lawyers
  • Presidents
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Springfield (Ill.)
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Lawyers
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
  • HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
  • TRUE CRIME / Murder
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adult
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the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
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Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency, Dan Abrams and David Fisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index
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nc
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rdacarrier
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  • text
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  • txt
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  • rdacontent
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21424547
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
287 pages, 26 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9781335424693
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unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
065373026996
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1026316621
Label
Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency, Dan Abrams and David Fisher
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
21424547
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
287 pages, 26 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9781335424693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
065373026996
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1026316621

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