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The madman and the assassin : the strange life of Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth / Scott Martell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martelle, Scott, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corbett, Boston, 1832-.
- Corbett, Boston.
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Death and burial.
- Booth, John Wilkes.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States. Army. New York Cavalry Regiment, 16th (1863-1865).
- United States.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scott Martelle is a professional journalist and the author of The Admiral and the Ambassador, Blood Passion, Detroit: A Biography, and The Fear Within. He is an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Irvine, California.
- Contents:
- Loss and redemption
- Boston Corbett goes to war
- Andersonville: a journey to hell
- The assassin
- A President is murdered
- The hunt for Booth and Herold
- Celebrity, and infamy
- Citizen Corbett, preacher
- Corbett goes west
- Corbett cracks
- The return of Boston Corbett.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61373-020-9
- 1-61373-019-5
- 9781613730218
- OCLC:
- 904596689
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