Lincolns Assassins

Author : James L. Swanson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061237620
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Assassins written by James L. Swanson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of John Wilkes Booth's coconspirators. Few remember them today, but once the names Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, and Dr. Samuel Mudd were the most reviled and notorious in America. In Lincoln's Assassins, James L. Swanson and Daniel R. Weinberg present an unprecedented visual record of almost three hundred contemporary photographs, letters, documents, prints, woodcuts, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and artifacts, many hitherto unpublished. These rare materials evoke the popular culture of the time, record the origins of the Lincoln myth, take the reader into the courtroom and the cells of the accused, document the beginning of American photojournalism, and memorialize the fates of the eight conspirators.

Author : Edward Steers
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813191515
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood on the Moon written by Edward Steers and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2005-10-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood on the Moon examines the evidence, myths, and lies surrounding the political assassination that dramatically altered the course of American history. Was John Wilkes Booth a crazed loner acting out of revenge, or was he the key player in a wide conspiracy aimed at removing the one man who had crushed the Confederacy's dream of independence? Edward Steers Jr. crafts an intimate, engaging narrative of the events leading to Lincoln's death and the political, judicial, and cultural aftermaths of his assassination.

Author : Edward Steers (Jr.)
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813141591
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoax written by Edward Steers (Jr.) and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates six of history's biggest frauds, looking at how the hoaxes were carried out and what continued belief in them reveals about society's understanding of history.

Author : David E. Herold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assassination of President Lincoln written by David E. Herold and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James L. Swanson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545495806
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Lincoln's Killer written by James L. Swanson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.

Author : Kate Clifford Larson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465024475
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assassin's Accomplice written by Kate Clifford Larson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Assassin's Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators-including her rebel son, John Surratt-met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and age. Unmoved, Johnson refused-Surratt, he said, "kept the nest that hatched the egg." Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant. Based on long-lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, the text explores how Mary's actions defied nineteenth-century norms of femininity, piety, and motherhood, leaving her vulnerable to deadly punishment historically reserved for men. A riveting narrative account of sex, espionage, and murder cloaked in the enchantments of Southern womanhood, The Assassin's Accomplice offers a fresh perspective on America's most famous murder.

Author : Frederick Hatch
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147661699X
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial and Its Legacy written by Frederick Hatch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eight people charged with conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln were tried by a military commission under military law. The author contends that this was illegal, since the civilian legal system was fully functioning. The many ways in which the defendants' rights were violated are described, as are the ways in which the trial testimony was either not accurate or not legally obtained. The trial is also compared with other incidents in which the U.S. military was used in police and judicial functions, with questionable results. The book is a warning against unchecked power by the executive branch of the government.

Author : James L. Swanson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061803979
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manhunt written by James L. Swanson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be an Apple TV+ Series “A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln’s killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history--the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, 12-day chase from the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness. Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln’s own blood relics Manhunt is a fully documented, fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, it is history as it’s never been read before.

Author : Bill O'Reilly
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0805096760
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Last Days written by Bill O'Reilly and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln's Last Days is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic nights in American history—of how one gunshot changed the country forever. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's bestselling historical thriller, Killing Lincoln, this book will have young readers—and grown-ups too—hooked on history. In the spring of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln travels through Washington, D.C., after finally winning America's bloody Civil War. In the midst of celebrations, Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theatre by a famous actor named John Wilkes Booth. What follows is a thrilling chase, ending with a fiery shoot-out and swift justice for the perpetrators. With an unforgettable cast of characters, page-turning action, vivid detail, and art on every spread, Lincoln's Last Days is history that reads like a thriller. This is a very special book, irresistible on its own or as a compelling companion to Killing Lincoln.

Author : Harold Holzer
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823232263
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Assassination written by Harold Holzer and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bonanza of penetrating, insightful and thoughtful essays on multiple aspects of Lincoln's assassination that will be warmly welcomed by scholars and amateurs alike."---Anthony S. Pitch, author of "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder; and the Rage for Vengeance --