Thomas Ewing Jr [electronic resource] : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith.
2008
E415.9.E95 S65 2008eb
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Title
Thomas Ewing Jr [electronic resource] : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith.
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ISBN
9780826218063 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 377 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E415.9.E95 S65 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
328.73092 B
Summary
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.
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