By Guy C. Fraker
For twenty-three years Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the
Eighth Judicial Circuit in east central Illinois, and his legal career is
explored in Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln’s Eighth
Judicial Circuit. Guy C. Fraker directs readers and travelers through the
prairies to the towns Lincoln visited regularly. Twice a year, spring and fall,
Lincoln’s work took him on a journey covering more than four hundred miles. As
his stature as a lawyer grew, east central Illinois grew in population and
influence, and the Circuit provided Lincoln with clients, friends, and
associates who became part of the network that ultimately elevated him to the
presidency.
This guidebook to the Circuit features Illinois courthouses, Looking for
Lincoln Wayside Exhibits, and other Lincoln points of interest. Fraker guides
travelers down the long stretches of quiet country roads that gave Lincoln time
to read and think to the locations where Lincoln’s broad range of cases
expanded his sense of the economic and social forces changing America.
About the Author
Guy C. Fraker, a retired attorney, is the author of Lincoln’s
Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit He was a consultant
for the WILL-TV documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, and he
cocurated Prologue to the Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Illinois Eighth
Judicial Circuit, an exhibit on permanent display at the David Davis
Mansion.
ISBN 978-0809336166, Southern Illinois University Press, ©
2017, Paperback, 152 pages, Photographs, Illustrations, Maps and Index. $21.95. To
purchase this book click HERE.
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