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Title: Kentucky's Last Cavalier: General William Preston, 1816-1887 by Peter J. Sehlinger, James C. Klotter ISBN: 0-916968-33-2 Publisher: Kentucky Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent biography.
Comment: I enjoyed it immensely. Beautiful cover picture on this, nice sized text, elaborate notes, full bibliography and index. All in all, a great read, thoroughly researched.

One place that the author should have researched is in the court records in the Archives in Frankfort. Sehlinger mentions Preston's participation in protecting minorities during the Bloody Monday riots, but he makes no mention of Preston's being cornered by a mob, of him pulling a gun and looking around as if wondering which thug to shoot first and saying, "Have I no friends here?"

"Yes, you have," said a voice from behind him, and Joshua Speed, Abraham Lincoln's great friend, came forward with a pistol. Together they faced down the mob, but Preston was afterwards arrested and tried for having an illegal firearm at the polls. The account of this trial, too, is interesting.

Also there were other court cases and duels, fights, etc., which Preston participated in which are not mentioned in the biography. His testimony, and his everyday record as a lawyer, can be had by going through these Circuit and Criminal court cases, and would have made an interesting facet of the man's biography.

But the author uncovered much that I have not seen in print elsewhere, and he has organized and written it up here in a professional way. Highly recommended.