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Thomas Ewing Jr : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Ronald D., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Lawyers--Ohio--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Judges--Kansas--Biography.
- Judges.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Kansas.
- Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Missouri.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896.
- Ewing, Thomas.
- Ewing family.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 377 p.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826266668
- 0826266665
- OCLC:
- 868218369
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