02250nam 22006374a 450 991078096900332120230721025004.00-8262-6666-5(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, 1861-1865LegislatorsGeneralsLawyersJudgesBusinessmen328.73092BSmith Ronald D.1947-1562877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780969003321Thomas Ewing Jr3830867UNINA