A Finger in Lincoln's Brain: What Modern Science Reveals about Lincoln, His Assassination, and Its Aftermath 9781440831195, 144083119X
A target on his back -- A fever in the blood -- For want of a nail -- A lucky shot? -- A story too good to fact check --
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English Year 2014
Table of contents :
A target on his back --
A fever in the blood --
For want of a nail --
A lucky shot? --
A story too good to fact check --
Death bed vigil --
We traced the wound --
Ballistics: the science of Lincoln's gunshot wound --
Did Lincoln's doctors doom him? --
Embalming Lincoln --
We mourn a father slain --
The politics of death --
Binding up the nation's wounds --
Death will not be cheated --
Now he belongs to the ages --
There will be blood --
"Not so black and shiney as it was long ago."
