"Davis writes with an authority derived from his own perceptive
studies of Illinois during the Jackson period. His account is balanced
and critical while at the same time recognizing the value of Ford's book."
-- Robert W. Johannsen, J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Both cynical and self-serving, Illinois's seventh governor Thomas Ford
also possessed an unrivaled...
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