{"product_id":"lincolns-greatest-case-brian-mcginty-9781631491474","title":"Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America","description":"In May of 1856, the steamboat \u003cem\u003eEffie Afton\u003c\/em\u003e barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge, unalterably changing the course of American transportation history. Within a year, long-simmering tensions between powerful steamboat interests and burgeoning railroads exploded, and the nation's attention, absorbed by the \u003cem\u003eDred Scott\u003c\/em\u003e case, was riveted by a new civil trial. Dramatically reenacting the \u003cem\u003eEffie Afton\u003c\/em\u003e case--from its unlikely inception, complete with a young Abraham Lincoln's soaring oratory, to the controversial finale--this \"masterful\" (\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e) account gives us the previously untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian McGinty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631491474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631491474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Brian McGinty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939443507455,"sku":"9781631491474","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bb207e53-0962-4e73-9dcc-d664fa83e1dd.jpg?v=1681441524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lincolns-greatest-case-brian-mcginty-9781631491474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}