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Autore: | Smith Ronald D. <1947-> |
Titolo: | Thomas Ewing Jr : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / / Ronald D. Smith |
Pubblicazione: | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | xvi, 377 p |
Disciplina: | 328.73092 |
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Soggetto topico: | Legislators - United States |
Generals - United States | |
Lawyers - Ohio | |
Judges - Kansas | |
Businessmen - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | Kansas History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Thomas Ewing Jr |
ISBN: | 0-8262-6666-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910814138603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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