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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns with a riveting work of historical fiction following the notorious John Wilkes Booth and the four women who kept his perilous confidence. The world would not look upon his like again. John Wilkes Booth--driven son of an acclaimed British stage actor and a Covent Garden flower girl, whose misguided quest to avenge the vanquished Confederacy led him to commit one of the most...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and...
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English
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1864, Washington City. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on Northern ears. Better to speak only when in the company of the trustworthy. Like Mrs. Surratt. A widow who runs a boardinghouse, Mary Surratt hears all about the cause from her son, Johnny. If he's not delivering messages or escorting veiled spies, he's inviting home men like John Wilkes Booth, the actor who is even more charming in person than...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Nora Titone offers a provocative look into the life of John Wilkes Booth and reveals how a fierce sibling rivalry with his brother Edwin contributed to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Here, Titone takes listeners beyond the conspiracy to murder Lincoln and examines how bitter tension within the Booth family, instead of the Civil War, is perhaps the main driving force behind John Wilkes Booth's actions.
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