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They have killed Papa dead! : the road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's murder, and the rage for vengeance / Anthony S. Pitch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitch, Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Sources.
- Assassins--United States--History--19th century.
- Assassins.
- Prisoners--United States--History--19th century.
- Prisoners.
- Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Political culture.
- Revenge.
- History.
- Revenge--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Revenge--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Revenge--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 493 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, N.H. : Steerforth Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 "Lincoln Shall Not Pass through Baltimore Alive" 1
- 2 A Presidential Envelope Marked "Assassination" 27
- 3 "An Excellent Chance to Kill the President!" 42
- 4 "The Last Speech He Will Ever Make" 74
- 5 "Like Banquo's Ghost, It Will Not Down" 95
- 6 "The President Is Shot!" 111
- 7 A Singular Night of Horrors 123
- 8 "They Have Killed Papa Dead!" 133
- 9 An Autopsy and Embalming in the White House 160
- 10 A Visceral Preference for Vengeance 164
- 11 "I Am Right in the Justness of My Cause" 174
- 12 Escape in the Dead of Night 184
- 13 "Betrayed into the Hands of the Government" 191
- 14 "Keep an Eye on Mrs. Surratt's House" 201
- 15 "We Know as Much of Your Operations as the Almighty" 215
- 16 A Funeral Surpassing All Others in Solemnity 224
- 17 Escape 233
- 18 "You Must Get Him Across" 249
- 19 "I Don't Want to Know Anything About You" 264
- 20 "I Am Worth Just $175,000 to the Man Who Captures Me" 274
- 21 "Tell My Mother I Die for My Country" 284
- 22 A Secret Burial at Midnight 294
- 23 "What My Imagination Pictured the Inquisition to Have Been" 302
- 24 Weeks of Deprivation and Solitude 318
- 25 "The Trial Concluded at Last" 337
- 26 "The Posse Comitatus of the Court Is Not Able to Overcome Armies" 343
- 27 "I Could Have Jumped upon the Shoulders of Each as They Hung" 361
- 28 "A Perfect Hell" 367
- 29 "Why This Flight, and Why This Concealment?" 374
- Epilogue: The Scramble for Rewards 397.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [469]-482) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586421588
- 1586421581
- OCLC:
- 226357579
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