Lincoln the lawyer / Brian Dirck.

Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2007.

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Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.

Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

1. Great God Almighty

2. The Brethren

3. Notes

4. The Energy Men

5. The Show

6. Death and the Maidens

7. Storytelling

8. Grease.

Despite historians' focus on the man as president and politician, Abraham Lincoln lived most of his adult life as a practicing lawyer. This book explores the origins of Lincoln's desire to practice law, his legal education, his partnerships with John Stuart, Stephen Logan, and William Herndon, and the maturation of his far-flung practice in the 1840s and 1850s.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780252031816

xiv, 228 p.