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LEADER: 01681cam a2200373 i 4500
001 2014036938
003 DLC
005 20150728082631.0
008 141205s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014036938
020 $a9780871407849 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF223.H856$bM34 2015
082 00 $a346.7303/22$223
100 1 $aMcGinty, Brian,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLincoln's greatest case :$bthe river, the bridge, and the making of America /$cBrian McGinty.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLiveright Publishing Corporation,$c[2015]
300 $a259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index.
505 0 $aA great highway of nature -- No other improvement -- His peculiar ambition -- The first bridge over the first river -- A collision of interests -- The suit is filed -- Preparing the ground -- A very serious obstruction -- A chorus of protests -- The bridge itself on the stand -- A virtual triumph -- The bridge stands -- The great and durable question -- History's verdict.
600 10 $aHurd, John$c(Steamboat owner)
650 0 $aTrials$zIllinois$zChicago.
610 20 $aEffie Afton (Steamboat)
610 20 $aRock Island Railroad Company.
650 0 $aShipwrecks$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRailroad bridges$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLiability for railroad accidents$zUnited States.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865.
653 0 $aShip accidents