| Wicked Springfield: Crime, Corruption & Scandal During the Lincoln Era Contributor(s): Holst, Erika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596299010 ISBN-13: 9781596299016 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 19th Century - True Crime |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| LCCN: 2009050778 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Locality - Springfield, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 his venereal disease from an outhouse to Governor William Bissell, whose near duel with Jefferson Davis almost made him ineligible to hold office. Learn what prompted a congressional candidate- in an election clerked by Lincoln- to shout down his accuser as some 'spindle-shanked, toad-eating, man-granny, who feeds the depraved appetites of his patrons with gossip and slander.' Read the true stories that fed those depraved appetites, drawn from the newspapers Lincoln read and the docket where he practiced law. In these pages, discover the wicked side of Lincoln's Springfield. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holst, Erika: - Erika Holst holds a master's degree from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. She has volunteered, interned and worked at museums and history projects throughout Illinois, including the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site in Bloomington, the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington, the Cuneo Museum in Vernon Hills, Dickson Mounds Museum in Lewistown, the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, the Illinois State Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. |