THE ASSASSIN'S ACCOMPLICE: Mary Surratt And The Plot To Kill Abraham Lincoln

Larson, Kate Clifford

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Published by NY. 2008. Basic Books / Perseus Group, 2008

0465038158 / 9780465038152

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brown hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xix+263p. 2 b&w maps. b&w photos & illustrations. notes. index. american history. american civil war. biography. lincoln assassination. covert operations. espionage. conspiracy theory. secret societies. ~ Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the gripping, true story of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of its only female participant, the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Mary Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boardinghouse in Washington where the conspirators, including her rebel son, John Surratt, met to plan the assassination. The depth of Surratt's complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln has been debated since the day she was arrested on April 17, 1865, three days after John Wilkes Booth murdered Lincoln as he sat watching a play at Ford's Theatre. Less than three months after her arrest, Mary Surratt would hang. The military tribunal that found her guilty never doubted their decision, but five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, to show mercy because of her sex and age. President Johnson, however, was unmoved, convinced that Surratt "kept the nest that hatched the egg." Based on long~lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, this book reveals Mary's deep complicity in the murder plot, and explores how Mary's actions defied nineteenth~century norms of femininity, piety, and motherhood, leaving her vulnerable to deadly punishment historically reserved for men. A riveting narrative account of sex, espionage, and murder cloaked in the enchantments of Southern womanhood, The Assassin's Accomplice offers a fresh perspective on America's most famous murder.

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Title
THE ASSASSIN'S ACCOMPLICE: Mary Surratt And The Plot To Kill Abraham Lincoln
Author
Larson, Kate Clifford
Publisher
NY. 2008. Basic Books / Perseus Group
Publication year
2008
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Hardcover
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English
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9780465038152
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