The Lincoln Assassination

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Murder, Biography & Memoir, Political
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Author: John Butler Ford ISBN: 9781612308456
Publisher: New Word City, Inc. Publication: April 7, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: John Butler Ford
ISBN: 9781612308456
Publisher: New Word City, Inc.
Publication: April 7, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

Every schoolchild knows about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln - how the actor John Wilkes Booth shot the president while he was watching a play, leaped to the stage from the presidential box, and made his escape. But there is far more to the story, including the bizarre scheme that Booth first concocted to kidnap Lincoln and trade him for Confederate soldiers held in Northern prisons. Here is the full story of the plot, the bumbling plotters that Booth recruited, Lincoln's lingering death, the manhunt for the assassin, and the trial of the conspirators. It is essential knowledge of a tragedy that shaped America for a century to come.

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Every schoolchild knows about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln - how the actor John Wilkes Booth shot the president while he was watching a play, leaped to the stage from the presidential box, and made his escape. But there is far more to the story, including the bizarre scheme that Booth first concocted to kidnap Lincoln and trade him for Confederate soldiers held in Northern prisons. Here is the full story of the plot, the bumbling plotters that Booth recruited, Lincoln's lingering death, the manhunt for the assassin, and the trial of the conspirators. It is essential knowledge of a tragedy that shaped America for a century to come.

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