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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780969003321

Autore

Smith Ronald D. <1947->

Titolo

Thomas Ewing Jr [[electronic resource] ] : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / / Ronald D. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8262-6666-5

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 377 p

Disciplina

328.73092

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Soggetti

Legislators - United States

Generals - United States

Lawyers - Ohio

Judges - Kansas

Businessmen - United States

Kansas History Civil War, 1861-1865

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.