<p>In 'The Life of Lyman Trumbull', Horace White meticulously chronicles the influential yet often overshadowed political career of an essential figure in American history. Emphasizing the stylistic finesse characteristic of early-twentieth-century biographies, White's narrative weaves through the complex tapestry of the antebellum era to the Reconstruction, providing a carefully detailed examination of Trumbull's legal and legislative contributi...