Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America

By Brian McGinty

Book Overview

Lincoln scholar Brian McGinty paints history on a grand scale as he re-creates a legal case that changed the face of a nation. 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: MP3 CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1664705473
• ISBN13: 9781664705470
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.