Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth [1 ed.] 9780766098114, 9780766098091

Until John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, the assassination of a U.S. President was considered unthinkable. All of

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Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth [1 ed.]
9780766098114, 9780766098091

When John Wilkes Booth died—shot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Linco

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Introduction -- Sins of the father -- I've broken my promise -- Old sins cast long shadows -- They idolized him --

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Abraham Lincoln, el «gigante de la Casa Blanca», cuya cara está esculpida en el monte Rushmore, es sin duda alguna una d

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America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw th

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In 1890 Abraham Lincoln’s two main White House secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published the ten-volume biogr

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Gifted storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Br

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Many consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest American president. This book explores Lincoln's early life, self-

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In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington,

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This striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries an

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