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The assassin's accomplice : Mary Surratt and the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln / Kate Clifford Larson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, 2010Description: xxiii, 263 p. : ill., map ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0465018939
  • 0465024416
  • 9780465018932
  • 9780465024414
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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?
Summary: The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman executed by the federal government.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 973.7092 L334 Available 33111006580738
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Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the gripping story of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through experience of its only female participant.

Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt ran a boarding house in Washington, and the depth of her complicity in the murder of President Lincoln has been debated since she was arrested on April 17, 1865.

Calling upon long-lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, historian Kate Clifford Larson magnificently captures how Surratt's actions defied nineteenth-century norms of piety and allegiance. A riveting account of espionage and murder, The Assassin's Accomplice offers a revealing examination of America's most remembered assassination.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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?

The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman executed by the federal government.

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