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The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
The Assassin's Accomplice Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Author: Kate Clifford Larson
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 Washingt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465038152
ISBN-10: 0465038158
Publication Date: 6/2/2008
Pages: 263
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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SGTBob avatar reviewed The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln on + 156 more book reviews
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The author began writing and researching this book in an effort to prove the innocence of Mary Surratt, what she found, through her research, changed her opinion. The book is written as a chronicle of the events leading up to the assassination, the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, then finally the trial of all the accomplices. It continues to outline the verdict and the sentencing of the accomplices. I, like are most people, was unaware that so many people were involved in Lincoln's assassination.
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hardtack avatar reviewed The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln on + 2719 more book reviews
This is a fascinating book on the assassination. Recommended for all Civil War enthusiasts. One interesting aspect is how the media hasn't changed much in 155 years.


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