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Abrams, Dan, 1966-
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Harrison, Quinn (Peachy Quinn) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Crafton, Greek -- Death and burial.
Criminal defense lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography.
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Abrams, Dan, 1966-
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Harrison, Quinn (Peachy Quinn) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Crafton, Greek -- Death and burial.
Criminal defense lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography.
MARC Display
Lincoln
's
last
trial
: the
murder
case
that
propelled
him
to the
presidency
/ Dan Abrams and David Fisher.
by
Abrams, Dan, 1966-
Hanover Square Press, 2018.
Call #:
973.7092 L736a
Subjects
Lincoln
, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Harrison, Quinn (Peachy Quinn) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Crafton, Greek -- Death and burial.
Criminal defense lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (
Murder
) -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781335424693
Description:
287 p., unnumbered sequence of pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289-292]) and index.
Summary:
"The true story of Abraham
Lincoln
's
last
murder
trial
, a
case
in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation'
s
newspapers as he began his presidential campaign At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on
trial
for
murder
in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham
Lincoln
, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five
murder
trials--during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend
him
. This was to be his
last
great
case
as a lawyer. What normally would have been a local
case
took on momentous meaning.
Lincoln
's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained
him
a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician. He was being urged to make a dark-horse run for the
presidency
in 1860. Taking this
case
involved great risk. His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this
trial
, should Harrison be convicted of
murder
, the spotlight now focused so brightly on
him
might be dimmed. He had won his most recent
murder
trial
with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The
case
posed painful personal challenges for
Lincoln
. The
murder
victim had trained for the law in his office, and
Lincoln
had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man
Lincoln
would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this
trial
he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office--and who had bitterly slandered
Lincoln
as an "infidel...too lacking in faith" to be elected.
Lincoln
's
Last
Trial
captures the presidential hopeful'
s
dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client--but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, as in this
case
Lincoln
fought a legal battle that remains incredibly relevant today."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Fisher, David, 1946-
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