Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
Contents:
Who was John Wilkes Booth? -- Plots to kidnap -- Plot to assassinate -- The assassination -- The attack on Seward -- Escape -- Flight, pursuit, and death of John Wilkes Booth : the traditional version -- Flight from Washington -- Surrattsville -- Dr. Samuel Mudd -- The swamp -- Reenter Boyd -- The crossing -- The diary -- Closing in -- The killing at Garrett's Farm -- The body -- Tracking John Wilkes Booth -- The return of the assassin -- Booth's secret families -- The strange case of David E. George -- Analysis.
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