{"product_id":"lincolns-ladder-to-the-presidency-the-eighth-judicial-circuit-9780809339211","title":"Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniveristy Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools\u003c\/i\u003e 2013 edition \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuperior Achievement\u003c\/i\u003e by the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout his twenty-three-year legal career, Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as much time on the road as an attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit as he did in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Yet most historians gloss over the time and instead have Lincoln emerge fully formed as a skillful politician in 1858. In this innovative volume, Guy C. Fraker provides the first-ever study of Lincoln's professional and personal home away from home and demonstrates how the Eighth Judicial Circuit and its people propelled Lincoln to the presidency. \u003cp\u003eEach spring and fall, Lincoln traveled to as many as fourteen county seats in the Eighth Judicial Circuit to appear in consecutive court sessions over a ten- to twelve-week period. Fraker describes the people and counties that Lincoln encountered, discusses key cases Lincoln handled, and introduces the important friends he made, friends who eventually formed the team that executed Lincoln's nomination strategy at the Chicago Republican Convention in 1860 and won him the presidential nomination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Fraker shows, the Eighth Judicial Circuit provided the perfect setting for the growth and ascension of Lincoln. A complete portrait of the sixteenth president depends on a full understanding of his experience on the circuit, and \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Ladder to the Presidency \u003c\/i\u003eprovides that understanding as well as a fresh perspective on the much-studied figure, thus deepening our understanding of the roots of his political influence and acumen. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809339211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Guy C. Fraker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103785484469,"sku":"9780809339211","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7851b7c9-e88a-4562-a2cb-9cfcdc585030.jpg?v=1693279923","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lincolns-ladder-to-the-presidency-the-eighth-judicial-circuit-9780809339211","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}