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(Steamboat owner) Hurd, John Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company. Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) Effie Afton (Steamboat) Liability for railroad accidents United States Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Railroad bridges United States Ship accidents Shipwrecks Law and legislation United States Trials Illinois ChicagoFilter By Subjects
(Steamboat owner) Hurd, John Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company. Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) Effie Afton (Steamboat) Liability for railroad accidents United States Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Railroad bridges United States Ship accidents Shipwrecks Law and legislation United States Trials Illinois ChicagoMcGinty, Brian
Summary: The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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Summary: Before becoming president, Abraham Lincoln successfully argued a trial pitting railroad vs. steamboat. In the course of this untold story, listeners follow the creation of a transnational railroad while witnessing the future president's ascension to the national stage.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015