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The Assassin's Accomplice : Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larson, Kate Clifford
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Perseus Books Group, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 becaus.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages)
ISBN:9780786746460
0786746467
9780465018932
0465018939