The Life and Times of Wm. Carr Lane: 1789–1863
by
William C. Carson
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Wm. Carr Lane was a man of great courage and intelligence who combined action, vision, and leadership to solve problems during the decades leading up to the Civil War. Elected to mayor of St. Louis in 1823 at just thirty-four, Lane was greatly involved in the expansion of the United States as his...