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- Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency / by Abrams, Dan,author.; Fisher, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign. At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five murder trials--during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer. What normally would have been a local case took on momentous meaning. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician. He was being urged to make a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860. Taking this case involved great risk. His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this trial, should Harrison be convicted of murder, the spotlight now focused so brightly on him might be dimmed. He had won his most recent murder trial with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office--and who had bitterly slandered Lincoln as an "infidel ... too lacking in faith" to be elected. Lincoln's Last Trial captures the presidential hopeful's dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client--but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, as in this case Lincoln fought a legal battle that remains incredibly relevant today. --Amazon.com.- Subjects: Biographies.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents; Trials (Murder);
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- The Grandmaster [videorecording]. by Leung, Tony; Zhang, Ziyi; Hye Kyo, Song; Chen, Chang;
Director, Wong Kar Wai.Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Song Hye Kyo, Tony Leung.Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.OFRB rating: PG.DVD.- Subjects: Action.; Foreign.;
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- The Grandmaster [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Leung, Tony; Zhang, Ziyi; Hye Kyo, Song; Chen, Chang;
Director, Wong Kar Wai.Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Song Hye Kyo, Tony Leung.Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.OFRB rating: PG.Blu-ray.- Subjects: Action.; Foreign.;
- © 2014., Weinstein Books,
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- The Bohemian. by Václav, Petr,film director.; Ronchi, Barbara,actor.; Radonicich, Elena,actor.; Dyk, Vojtech,actor.; Music Box Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Barbara Ronchi, Elena Radonicich, Vojtech DykOriginally produced by Music Box Films in 2022.In the 18th century, aspiring composer Josef Mysliveček, a mentor to Mozart, travels to the sophisticated Venice opera world to achieve his dream in a lush biopic following the most prolific decades of an underappreciated musical great.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Musicals.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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