A Court That Shaped America : Chicago’s Federal District Court from Abe Lincoln to Abbie Hoffman

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Big and small dramas play out on a daily basis in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Headquartered in Chicago, the court has played a pivotal role in U.S. history. This is where Abraham Lincoln, as a young lawyer, changed the direction of westward expansion when he argued that trains-not steamships-were The united states’s future. This is where Al Capone met his fall, at a trial that finished him as Public Enemy Number One. And this is where Abbie Hoffman, the nation’s first Yippie, butted heads with Pass judgement on Julius J. Hoffman and the Establishment at the trial referred to as the Conspiracy Eight.

A Court That Shaped America traces the flesh-and-blood courtroom scenes from the district’s first cases in the early nineteenth century through the turn of the millennium. Historical figures–including Mormon leader Joseph Smith, inventor Thomas Edison, and creator Mark Twain–in addition to recent superstars like Michael Jackson and Oprah Winfrey have all had their day in the Northern Illinois court. Some were victorious; some came out scathed. This book examines these great trials and the people in the back of them to offer a unique take a look at Chicago and U.S. history.

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