The Lincoln Assassination Riddle: Revisiting the Crime of the Nineteenth Century

Williams, Frank J. and Michael Burkhimer (Editors)

ISBN 10: 1606352954 / ISBN 13: 9781606352953

Published by The Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2016

About this Item

Octavo. Black cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a faint bump at the head of the spine. Tan endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 214 pages. Illustrated with a few photographs and artwork. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the two upper outside corners - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. A lovely copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lincoln Assassination Riddle: Revisiting the Crime of the Nineteenth Century
• Publisher: The Kent State University Press, Kent, OH
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606352954
• ISBN 13: 9781606352953
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: NF
• Dust Jacket Condition: NF
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Synopsis

Most Americans are aware that their sixteenth president was mortally wounded by a man named Booth at a Washington theater in April 1865. These are facts that nobody can dispute. However, a closer look at this history-changing catastrophe raises questions that have still not been fully answered. The passing of the 150th anniversary of the United States’ first presidential assassination is an ideal time for students and scholars to consider these questions.

The Lincoln Assassination Riddle explores the persistent mysteries of the assassination with contributions from leading experts―Burrus M. Carnahan, Joan L. Chaconas, Michael S. Green, Michael Kauffman, Betsy J. Ownsbey, Edward Steers Jr., Tom Turner, and others―who approach the crime from a variety of perspectives. Each focuses on one controversial or compelling topic―among them the extent of the conspiracy to kill President Lincoln, whether Lincoln can be regarded as a martyr to voting rights, a new analysis of John Wilkes Booth and his relationship with the Confederate government and how it affected the plot, the forensics of Lincoln’s death, and whether modern medicine could have saved the president. Also included are important discussions of Booth’s escape route in southern Maryland and its effects on the assassination. Controversial figures like Louis Weichmann and Mary and John Surratt are profiled and the evidence against them examined.

There is little doubt that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln changed the course of American history in ways we are still dealing with today. The course of racial justice in the United States was for- ever altered by Booth’s bullet. This volume will challenge and delight readers who are interested in getting to know everything they can about this epic and tragic event and in untangling the riddle of the Lincoln assassination.

About the Author

Frank J. Williams, Founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum, is the retired chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He has written or edited more than 20 books.