Lincoln's assassination / / Edwar Steers, Jr
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| Autore: |
Steers Edward, Jr., <1937->
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| Titolo: |
Lincoln's assassination / / Edwar Steers, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7092 |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 18. Inter Arma Leges SilentEpilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Author Biography; Series Statement; Other Books in the Concise Lincoln Library; Back Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | For 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booth's escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide several years later. In this succinct volume, Edward Steers, Jr. sets the record straight, expertly analyzing the historical evidence to explai |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lincoln's assassination |
| ISBN: | 0-8093-3350-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809784603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Concise Lincoln library.