02283nam 22006494a 450 991045704030332120200520144314.00-8262-6666-5(CKB)2520000000008118(SSID)ssj0000343699(PQKBManifestationID)11243044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343699(PQKBWorkID)10292241(PQKB)10341159(MiAaPQ)EBC3440727(OCoLC)868218369(MdBmJHUP)muse26987(Au-PeEL)EBL3440727(CaPaEBR)ebr10364880(OCoLC)593239869(EXLCZ)99252000000000811820080527d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThomas Ewing Jr[electronic resource] frontier lawyer and Civil War general /Ronald D. SmithColumbia University of Missouri Press2008xvi, 377 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1806-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index."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.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyGeneralsUnited StatesBiographyLawyersOhioBiographyJudgesKansasBiographyBusinessmenUnited StatesBiographyKansasHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865MissouriHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Electronic books.LegislatorsGeneralsLawyersJudgesBusinessmen328.73092BSmith Ronald D.1947-918596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457040303321Thomas Ewing Jr2059936UNINA