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Author:

Larson, Kate Clifford.

Title:

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

Publisher:

MJF Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxiii, 263 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Surratt, Mary E.--(Mary Eugenia),--1820-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Assassination.
Conspiracies--Washington (D.C.)
Trials (Assassination)--Washington (D.C.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.

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:

"Tells the true story of one of the conspirators involved in Abraham Lincoln's murder--a middle-class mother and widow named Mary Surratt"--Book jacket.

ISBN:

1606711032
9781606711033 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785431191

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)