02014nam a22004214a 4500 ebr10364880 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080527s2008 mou sb s001 0beng 2008021866 9780826218063 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)593239869 n-us--- n-us-ks n-us-oh E415.9.E95 S65 2008eb 328.73092 B 22 Smith, Ronald D., 1947- Thomas Ewing Jr [electronic resource] : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008. xvi, 377 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index. "Examines Thomas Ewing Jr.'s career as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas and how he came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896. Ewing family. United States. Congress. House Biography. Legislators United States Biography. Generals United States Biography. Lawyers Ohio Biography. Judges Kansas Biography. Businessmen United States Biography. Kansas History Civil War, 1861-1865. Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364880 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 214344 214344