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020 $a9781335461605 (pbk.) :$cNT$560
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100 1 $aAbram, Dan.
245 10$aLincoln's Last Trial :$bThe murder case that propelled him to the presidency /$cDan Abrams ; David Fisher.
246 30$aThe murder case that propelled him to the presidency.
260 $aNew York :$bHanover square press,$c2019
300 $a287 p. ;$c21 cm.
505 0 $aInstant New York Times bestseller! A Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award A Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite Book of 2018 A Suspense Magazine Best Book of 2018 A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018 A USA Today Top 10 Hot Book for Summer "Makes you feel as if you are watching a live camera riveted on a courtroom more than 150 years ago." --Diane Sawyer The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five murder trials--during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer
600 10$aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$vJuvenile literature
600 11$aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865
650 0$aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
700 1 $aFisher, David.