HISTORY OF ILLINOIS"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 sensitivity to the dynamics of