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  • John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him

    by E. Lawrence Abel ...
    When John Wilkes Booth died—shot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincoln—all he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women. They were not ordinary women. Four of them were among the most beautiful actresses of the day; the fifth was Booth's wealthy fianc&eacutee.And those five women are just ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lincoln's Jewish Spy

    The Life and Times of Issachar Zacharie

    by E. Lawrence Abel ...
    Born into a Sephardic Jewish immigrant family, Dr. Issachar Zacharie was the preeminent foot doctor for the American political elite before and during the Civil War. An expert in pain management, Zacharie treated the likes of Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, General George McClelland and most notably, President Abraham Lincoln.As Zacharie's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln deepened, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Singing the New Nation

    by E. Lawrence Abel ...
    Scholarly volumes have been written about the causes of the war, presenting plausible reasons for the bloodbath of the 1860s. The arguments are endless and fascinating. Every generation finds new insight into the times. What has largely been ignored is the role of songs in America’s Civil War. This book chronicles the war’s social history in terms of its seldom discussed musical side, and is told ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • A Finger in Lincoln's Brain

    What Modern Science Reveals about Lincoln, His Assassination, and Its Aftermath

    by E. Lawrence Abel ...
    This intriguing book examines Lincoln's assassination from a behavioral and medical sciences perspective, providing new insights into everything from ballistics and forensics to the medical intervention to save his life, the autopsy results, his compromised embalming, and the final odyssey of his bodily remains.In this book, E. Lawrence Abel sheds much-needed light on the fascinating details ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett.From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen Jewett refashioned herself, using four ... Read more

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  • In the Houses of Their Dead

    The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits

    by Terry Alford ...
    **“Here is Lincoln in the Bardo—for real. You couldn’t make it up—necromancers, mad actors, frauds, true believers, and, in the middle, the greatest President.” —Sidney Blumenthal, author of The Political Life of Abraham LincolnThe story of Abraham Lincoln as it has never been told before: through the strange, even otherworldly, points of contact between his family and that of the man who killed ... Read more

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  • Lincoln's Final Hours

    Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President

    by Kathryn Canavan ...
    "Will startle and enthrall even the most hard-core of Lincoln aficionados." ―Erik Larson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Splendid and the VileWhen John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the ... Read more

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  • The Darkest Dawn

    Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

    by Thomas Goodrich ...
    The story of the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath, captured with you-are-there immediacy.It was one of the most tragic events in American history: The famous president, beloved by many, reviled by some, murdered while viewing a play at Ford's Theater in Washington. The frantic search for the perpetrators. The nation in mourning. The solemn funeral train. The conspirators brought to justice ... Read more

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  • Fortune's Fool

    The Life of John Wilkes Booth

    by Terry Alford ...
    With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's untimely death altered the trajectory of postwar history. But to those who knew Booth, the event was ... Read more

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  • Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

    The Complete and Authoritative Edition

    by Mark Twain ...
    Series Book 10 - Mark Twain Papers
    Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.**“Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.”—New York Times“His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review**"I've struck it!" Mark ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Midnight on the Potomac

    The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America

    by Scott Ellsworth ...
    From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War—and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham LincolnTold with a page-turning pace, New York Times bestselling author and historian Scott Ellsworth has written the most compelling new book about the Civil War in years. Focusing on the last, desperate ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Destiny of the Republic

    A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

    by Candice Millard ...
    **The inspiration for the Netflix series Death by Lightning – now streaming! • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt."Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most ... Read more

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