Crime, Corruption & Scandal during the Lincoln Era
by
Erika Holst
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
In the twenty-four years that Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield, the city saw its share of crime, corruption and scandal, much of it at the hands of Lincoln's law clients and acquaintances. Erika Holst sheds light on these shady characters, from the man being sued for divorce who claimed that he caught...