In the Shadow of Lincoln's Death (Signed First Edition)
Eisenschiml, Otto
Sold by The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 30 November 2006
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 30 November 2006
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketBeautifully signed and inscribed by Otto Eisenschiml at front endpaper: "Inscribed for Seth Johnson, with best wishes, Otto Eisenschiml, Nov. 21, 1940." Interestingly, a day after, twenty-three years later, JFK would be murdered. 1940 at title page and copyrigt page: "Copyright 1940 by Wilfred Funk, Inc." The first printing with no additional printings stated. Dark bright blue full cloth boards, gilt spine titles on relief field, moderate shelf wear, bump. Cover blind-stamped with Wilfred Funk emblem. Pages very good, clean; no writing Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Illustrated with photo plates of the places and people surrounding the plot and coverup, maps, vignettes, etc. Scarce original dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, discoloration; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Stylish mid-century wrapper design in grey and white with navy and black titles by Carl Cobbledick. Rare very good signed first edition in same original dust wrapper. Set into volume is vintage 6" x7 1/2" photograph; some crease, corner wear with classic sepia coloration. Typed caption below image: "The only actual photograph in existence of the hanging of the conspirators in the murder of Abraham Lincoln." A reprint of an original of some variety, intriguing and likely scarce nonetheless. From the author of the 1937 title "Why Was Lincoln Murdered?" comes this follow up to the aftermath of the assasssination plot. Was there more than one plot to kidnap or murder Lincoln? Was Booth killed or did he escape? Was Mrs. Surratt tortured before she was executed as a conspirator? Here are long-buried revelations substantiated by documentary evidence! Contents: "Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Lincoln Had Some Narrow Escapes; Chapter II: Vox Populi; Chapter III: A Body Is Identified; Chapter IV: Did John Wilkes Booth Escape?; Chapter V: Mrs. Surratt's Boarding House; Chapter VI: Was Mrs. Surratt Tortured?; Chapter VII: The Silencing of Mrs. Surratt; Chapter VIII: Behind the Scenes of the Conspiracy Trial: Part I. What Counsel for the Defense Remembered. Part II. The The Prosecution Presents Its Side. Part III. Two Judges Review the Case. Part IV. As the Court Reporters Saw It. Part V. Colonel Wood Speaks Out; Chapter IX: Stanton's Reign of Terror; Chapter X: The Real Stanton; Chapter XI: The Queer Adventures of John H. Surratt; Chapter XII: Storm Around Surratt; Chapter XIII: The Surratt Trial. Part I. The Prosecution; Part II. The Defense; Part III. The Verdict; Chapter XIV: Problems Solved and Unsolved; Chapter Notes; Index." Otto Eisenschiml was an independent American history scholar, with an incredible interest in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. He began researching the murder in 1928 and was dissatisfied with the prevailing historical account that John Wilkes Booth was the mastermind. In 1937, Eisenschiml succeeded in having this book published and was able to present incongruities of the simplistic lone gunman story. It was unsurprisingly greeted with a furor by leading establishment historians. Otto postulates that Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton plotted to have Lincoln killed due to marked differences of opinion and objectives. Eisenschiml utilizes documented evidence to build his case, especialling that fact of Stanton's hiring of a bodyguard named John Parker to protect the president. This individual assigned to protect Lincoln was conspicuously absent when Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater. Eisenschiml also theorizes that Secretary of War Stanton deliberately left a key bridge crossing the Anacostia river open allowing egress from Washington D. C. when the capitol was supposed to be locked down. This was the bridge Booth used to escape. Stanton also ordered Booth to be shot and killed by the Union Army thus ending further discovery from him. Eisenschiml further postulates that Stanton likely tore several incriminating pages from Booth's diary. This book sparked other books, theories, and films on the assassination and h.
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