Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-204) and index.
Contents:
Youth and family : the pieces of the puzzle -- In the beginning : war -- Captured : the turning point -- Part-time partisan -- The Baltimore connection -- Scandal and skullduggery -- "The nest that hatched the egg" -- The road to ruin -- Countdown to tragedy -- April 14, 1865 -- Blood on the Moon -- "How the game was bagged" -- In the belly of the whale -- Blind justice -- "Hero villainy" : a field day for the media -- In the shadow of death -- The last mile -- Afterword -- Appendices.
Summary:
"The most enigmatic of the associates of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, Confederate soldier Lewis Thornton Powell, using the alias Lewis Paine, was a key player in the postwar attempt to undermine the federal government. Who was this man? What made him tick? This biography attempts to unveil the true character of the man"-- Provided by publisher.
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