Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America's Greatest President

Lincoln scholars explore the president's law career in this informative volume, examining his legal writings on matters from ethics to the Constitution.

As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. In Abraham Lincoln, Esq., notable historiansexamine Linc...