Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution: An Illustrated History

Swanson, James L., and Weinberg, Daniel R.

ISBN 10: 0061237620 / ISBN 13: 9780061237621

Published by Willam Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher), New York, NY, 2006

About this Item

Glued binding. 152 p. Illustrations Frontis and others in color, others in black and white. Selected Bibliography. From Wikipedia: "James L. Swanson is an American author and historian famous for his New York Times best-seller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, for which he earned an Edgar Award. Swanson graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in history and from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law with a degree in law. Swanson is an Abraham Lincoln scholar and is a member of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His main area of research is on the Lincoln assassination. He has also served in the U.S. Department of Justice." Daniel Weinberg has been the owner since 1971 of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago and has bought, sold, authenticated, and appraised numerous Lincoln related items for decades. Good. Cover has some wear and soiling. First William Morrow edition [stated]. First printing [stated].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution: An Illustrated History
• Publisher: Willam Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher), New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061237620
• ISBN 13: 9780061237621
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Abraham Lincoln

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Synopsis

This definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of John Wilkes Booth's coconspirators. Few remember them today, but once the names Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, and Dr. Samuel Mudd were the most reviled and notorious in America.

In Lincoln's Assassins, James L. Swanson and Daniel R. Weinberg present an unprecedented visual record of almost three hundred contemporary photographs, letters, documents, prints, woodcuts, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and artifacts, many hitherto unpublished. These rare materials evoke the popular culture of the time, record the origins of the Lincoln myth, take the reader into the courtroom and the cells of the accused, document the beginning of American photojournalism, and memorialize the fates of the eight conspirators.

About the Authors

James L. Swanson (1959-2025) is the author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, which won an Edgar Award and was adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ series. His other books include Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis. Swanson served on the advisory council of the Ford's Theatre Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Campaign and was a member of the advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

Daniel R. Weinberg has been the owner since 1971 of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, which for the past sixty years has bought, sold, authenticated, and appraised original autographs, books, photographs, artwork, and ephemera related to Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and American history. Besides being an advisor to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Weinberg is a director of the Lincoln Forum, the Abraham Lincoln Association, and the Manuscript Society. He is on the executive board of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association and is a past president of the Civil War Round Table. He has helped build some of the major collections in the United States and gives lectures to numerous historical groups.