TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riney,Larry A.
TI  - Hell gate of the Mississippi: the Effie Afton trial and Abraham Lincoln's role in it 
SN  - 9780979152801
AV  - KF 564 .R472 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Geneseo, Illinois
PB  - Talesman Press
KW  - Hurd, Jacob S.
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company
KW  - Trials, litigation, etc
KW  - Effie Afton (Ship)
KW  - Mississippi River
KW  - Navigation
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Illinois
N1  - Includes bibliographical reference (p. 297-307) and index; Scylla and Charybdis -- River coalition vs. railroad promoters -- A scheme to cripple the West -- A. Lincoln et al. -- Saloon building, A. Lincoln in court -- The Republican and the Democrat -- A stacked jury -- The bridge itself on the stand -- There is a travel from East to West -- Postscript: Fire and brimstone -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index
ER  -