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What the law did to and for Abraham Lincoln, and its important impact on his future presidency

About the Author

Brian Dirck is an associate professor of history at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana, and the author of Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865.

Reviews

"There is nothing in or out of print that comes close to the originality, breadth, and documentation of this welcome study of Lincoln's legal career." Cullom Davis, former director, Lincoln Legal Papers "Brian Dirck's excellent Lincoln the Lawyer complements and adds to the much needed resurgent study of Abraham Lincoln's legal skills and helps us understand why Lincoln became the lawyer in the White House." Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum