Think You Know Everything about the Lincoln Assassination? Think Again. After 150 years, many unsolved mysteries and enduring urban legends still surround the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the popular stage actor John Wilkes Booth. In a new look at the case, award-winning history author Robert J. Hutchinson ( The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible) explores what we know, and don't know, about what really happened at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865.In addition, he argues that the deep-seated political hatreds that roiled Washington, D.C., in the final weeks of the Civil War are particularly relevant to our own polarized age.Among the tantalizing questions Hutchinson explores are: * Did the Confederacy have a hand in the assassination plot?*Who were Booth's secret accomplices, and why did he change the plan from kidnapping to assassination?*Why was it so easy for Booth to walk into the president's box to shoot him? Where were the guards?*How did Booth evade the largest manhunt in U.S. history for nearly two weeks despite being unable to walk?*Who gave the order to shoot Booth in the Garrett barnâand what happened to his body?Drawing upon both primary sources and the best recent historical research, What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination separates established facts from mere conjecturesâand is the one book to own if you want to know "what really happened."
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- 1. Summer Sunshine
- 2. âA Name Known in History Foreverâ
- 3. An Ominous Dream
- 4. âHis Mind Was Just Not Rightâ
- 5. âWe Must Both Be More Cheerful in the Futureâ
- 6. âThere Is Going to Be Some Splendid Acting Tonight!â
- 7. âMr. Lincoln, Are You Going to the Theatre with Me or Not?â
- 8. Preparing for the Performance of a Lifetime
- 9. A Change in Plans
- 10. Hail to the Chief
- 11. Sic Semper Tyrannis
- 12. Belonging to History
- 13. âTell Mother, I Die for My Countryâ
- 14. The Aftermath
- About the Author
- Select Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
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