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Title Abraham Lincoln, Esq. : the legal career of America's greatest president / edited by Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams.
Alternative Title Abraham Lincoln, Esquire
Publication Info Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.



Descript 1 online resource (263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
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Contents pt. 1. Evaluating Lincoln's career. Reassessing Lincoln's legal career / Harold Holzer -- Lincoln's lessons for lawyers / Frank J. Williams -- Does lawyer Lincoln matter? / Mark E. Steiner -- A. Lincoln, respectable "prairie lawyer" / Brian Dirck -- pt. 2. The Illinois years. A. Lincoln, debtor-creditor lawyer / Roger Billings -- The power of Lincoln's legal words / John A. Lupton -- Competence, diligence, and getting paid : Lincoln's lessons for today's ethical lawyer / William T. Ellis and Billie J. Ellis Jr. -- Lincoln's legal ethics : the client correspondence / Roger Billings -- Lincoln and the Kentuckians : placing Lincoln in context with lawyers and clients from his native state / Christopher A. Schnell -- pt. 3. The Washington years. Abraham Lincoln as practical constitutional lawyer / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- President Lincoln : the international lawyer / William D. Pederson.
ISBN 9780813126098 (electronic bk.)
0813126096 (electronic bk.)
9780813139937 (electronic bk.)
0813139937 (electronic bk.)
9780813136530 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0813136539 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780813126081
0813126088
Standard no. 9786612976100
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Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Alt author Billings, Roger D.
Williams, Frank J.
Alternative Title Abraham Lincoln, Esquire
Descript 1 online resource (263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents pt. 1. Evaluating Lincoln's career. Reassessing Lincoln's legal career / Harold Holzer -- Lincoln's lessons for lawyers / Frank J. Williams -- Does lawyer Lincoln matter? / Mark E. Steiner -- A. Lincoln, respectable "prairie lawyer" / Brian Dirck -- pt. 2. The Illinois years. A. Lincoln, debtor-creditor lawyer / Roger Billings -- The power of Lincoln's legal words / John A. Lupton -- Competence, diligence, and getting paid : Lincoln's lessons for today's ethical lawyer / William T. Ellis and Billie J. Ellis Jr. -- Lincoln's legal ethics : the client correspondence / Roger Billings -- Lincoln and the Kentuckians : placing Lincoln in context with lawyers and clients from his native state / Christopher A. Schnell -- pt. 3. The Washington years. Abraham Lincoln as practical constitutional lawyer / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- President Lincoln : the international lawyer / William D. Pederson.
ISBN 9780813126098 (electronic bk.)
0813126096 (electronic bk.)
9780813139937 (electronic bk.)
0813139937 (electronic bk.)
9780813136530 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0813136539 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780813126081
0813126088
Standard no. 9786612976100
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Alt author Billings, Roger D.
Williams, Frank J.
Alternative Title Abraham Lincoln, Esquire

Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Descript 1 online resource (263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents pt. 1. Evaluating Lincoln's career. Reassessing Lincoln's legal career / Harold Holzer -- Lincoln's lessons for lawyers / Frank J. Williams -- Does lawyer Lincoln matter? / Mark E. Steiner -- A. Lincoln, respectable "prairie lawyer" / Brian Dirck -- pt. 2. The Illinois years. A. Lincoln, debtor-creditor lawyer / Roger Billings -- The power of Lincoln's legal words / John A. Lupton -- Competence, diligence, and getting paid : Lincoln's lessons for today's ethical lawyer / William T. Ellis and Billie J. Ellis Jr. -- Lincoln's legal ethics : the client correspondence / Roger Billings -- Lincoln and the Kentuckians : placing Lincoln in context with lawyers and clients from his native state / Christopher A. Schnell -- pt. 3. The Washington years. Abraham Lincoln as practical constitutional lawyer / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- President Lincoln : the international lawyer / William D. Pederson.
Alt author Billings, Roger D.
Williams, Frank J.
ISBN 9780813126098 (electronic bk.)
0813126096 (electronic bk.)
9780813139937 (electronic bk.)
0813139937 (electronic bk.)
9780813136530 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0813136539 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780813126081
0813126088
Standard no. 9786612976100

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