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Wicked Springfield : crime, corruption & scandal during the Lincoln era
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- Creator
- Erika Holst
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : History Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781596299016, 1596299010
- OCLC
- ocn477272520
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Political brawls -- Governors' (mis)deeds -- Sex, slander and fighting -- Slavery in the emancipator's hometown -- Abraham Lincoln's scandal -- Murder most foul -- Civil War shenanigans -- Epilogue
Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes.
- Crime -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- Corruption -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- Scandals -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- Criminals -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- Springfield (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- Springfield (Ill.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
- Springfield (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.