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Death of an Assassin : The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ashland :
The Kent State University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: The Murder Case That Broke All the Rules; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: A Nameless Hero; Part One: Murder in the Kingdom of Württemberg: 1835-36; Chapter Two: Crime Scene Bönnigheim, 1835; Chapter Three: Portents of Rebellion; Chapter Four: A Town Reacts; Chapter Five: The Detective's Hourglass; Chapter Six: Queen of the Carolina; Chapter Seven: Buckshot in the Scales of Justice; Chapter Eight: Like Cain Will You Wander; Chapter Nine: Witness!; Chapter Ten: The Birth of Forensic Ballistics; Chapter Eleven: Celestial Metronome.
- Chapter Twelve: A Note in the WoodsPart Two: Exile in the United States: 1835-46; Chapter Thirteen: Hunter and Prey; Chapter Fourteen: Escape to America; Chapter Fifteen: Changing Course; Chapter Sixteen: F-major Captain; Part Three: Heroism in Mexico: 1847; Chapter Seventeen: Island of the Wolves; Chapter Eighteen: River of Gold, Fortress of White; Chapter Nineteen: Amphibious Wager; Chapter Twenty: Roar of Tornadoes; Chapter Twenty-One: One Man Worth All of Mexico; Part Four: An International Solution: 1872; Chapter Twenty-Two: Post from America.
- Chapter Twenty-Three: New Investigation and Case ClosureEpilogue: Unpaid Debt: 2017; Appendix A: Sources Indicating Lee Wrote His Letter about Gottlob Rueb; Appendix B: Additional History of Pennsylvania's German Company in the Mexican-American War; Notes; Bibliography; Index.