The assassin's accomplice : Mary Surratt and the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln /
The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln--and the first woman executed by the federal government. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators, including her rebel son, John Surratt, met to plan th...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Basic Books,
©2008.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- "Devoted body and soul to the cause"
- Creating a life, building the nest
- Rebels, spies, and couriers
- Keeper of the nest
- The assassin's accomplice
- A shrewd witness
- The "materfamilias" of the criminals
- The case for the defense
- The verdict : swift and deadly
- Scenes at the scaffold
- American tragedy or American justice?