Daily Archives: May 24, 2020

Book Review: Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer

Abraham Lincoln:  Prairie Lawyer, by John J. Duff Abraham Lincoln’s career as a lawyer is one of those strange areas of history that many historians tangle with at one point or another.  This author has high views of Lincoln as … Continue reading

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Book Review: Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer-Statesman

Abraham Lincoln:  The Lawyer-Statesman, by John T. Richards Even though the author was the head of the Chicago Bar, this book reads as if it was written by a Southerner who is moderately fine with Abraham Lincoln but strongly anti-abolitionist … Continue reading

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Book Review: Lincoln The Lawyer

Lincoln The Lawyer, by Frederick Trevor Hill One of the more fascinating and obscure aspects of Lincoln’s career is his time as a lawyer, and at least a few books have been written about this subject [1].  That said, although … Continue reading

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