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Paul Stack

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in Chicago, The United States

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Historical Fiction, History

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Paul Stack has been a practicing lawyer in Chicago for over 47 years. A graduate of the University of Arizona and Georgetown University’s law school, he has worked as a law clerk for a federal judge, as an Assistant United States Attorney, and as the founder of his own law firm.

In his hometown of Riverside, Illinois, Stack has served at various times as village president, a member of the high school’s board of education, and library trustee. He was appointed by Chicago’s Mayor Harold Washington to advise him on Chicago’s new central library. The brand-new building which resulted ultimately was named the Harold Washington Library Center after the death of Mayor Washington. Stack has been for many years a governing member of the Chicago Zool ...more

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Paul Stack The story has an unusual origin. In 1999 my wife bought a book out of our library's discarded book bin. The book, published in 1953 and titled The Gre…moreThe story has an unusual origin. In 1999 my wife bought a book out of our library's discarded book bin. The book, published in 1953 and titled The Great Iron Ship, was a popular history of a mammoth iron ship launched in London in 1858. I became interested in the ship, known as the Great Eastern, and went on internet sites looking for more information about her. I came across old newspaper articles and even a Currier & Ives print. However, in 2001 I came across a sea shell which seemed to make no sense. The shell is like a child's stacking toy with larger rings on the bottom and smaller rings on top. On the bottom ring is a etched profile of the ship, along with cursive writing identifying the ship and its tonnage. On the ring above that is an etching of a gate next to a large wind-blown tree. The cursive writing carved into the shell identified the gate as the tomb of A. Lincoln, President of the U.S.
I could not find any connection between the two objects. The Great Eastern was launched in London in 1858; Lincoln was interred in Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. After extensive research I could find no link between the President and the ship. I began to assume that the shell recorded an event that no one could write or talk about during his or her lifetime. On that assumption I began 15 years of research to discover the meaning of this enigmatic shell. (less)

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