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Justice of shattered dreams : Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War era
Title:
Justice of shattered dreams : Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War era
Author:
Ross, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
ISBN:
9780807128688

9780807129241
Publication Information:
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2003.
Physical Description:
xxii, 323 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Conflicting worlds

Conflicting worlds.
Contents:
The Athens of the Kentucky highlands -- Keokuk rising -- The panic of 1857 -- Lincoln appoints a justice -- The consequences attendant upon treason -- Men incapable of forgiving or learning -- A new class that produces nothing -- The Slaughter-House cases -- Shattered dreams -- Danger from above and below.
Local Note:
Gift - John D. Fassett.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003002069.html