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"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns with a riveting work of historical fiction following the notorious John Wilkes Booth and the four women who kept his perilous confidence. The world would not look upon his like again. John Wilkes Booth--driven son of an acclaimed British stage actor and a Covent Garden flower girl, whose misguided quest to avenge the vanquished Confederacy led him to commit one of the most...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Chronicles the assassination of President Lincoln at the hands of John Wilkes Booth and details the assassin's escape attempt and ultimate execution.
4) Hanging Mary
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"This is my favorite kind of historical fiction: evocative, deeply moving, and meticulously researched."—Jillian Cantor, author of Margot and The Hours Count
Meet Mary Surratt, the woman who could have saved Lincoln. Find out what stopped her in this vivid reimagining of Lincoln's assassination.
1864, Washington City. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 24
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English
Description
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, John Wilkes...
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