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Author Ross, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)

Title Justice of shattered dreams : Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War era / Michael A. Ross.

Publication Info. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  KF8745.M5 R67 2003    Available  ---
Description xxii, 323 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series Conflicting worlds
Conflicting worlds.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index.
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.
Subject Miller, Samuel Freeman, 1816-1890.
Miller, Samuel Freeman, 1816-1890.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Judges.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
United States. Supreme Court.
Law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Law.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Law.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0807128686 cloth alkaline paper
0807129240 paperback