- President Lincoln Assassinated!! : The Firsthand Story of the Murder, Manhunt, Trial, and Mourning (2015, Hardcover) read online book DJV, EPUB, TXT
9781598533736 English 1598533738 'Our President! Our President is shot! Catch him!' On April 14, 1865, Good Friday, the Civil War claimed its ultimate sacrifice when Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre. President Lincoln Assassinated!! recaptures the dramatic and terrifying immediacy of Lincoln's murder and the coordinated attack on Secretary of State William H. Seward, the hunt for the conspirators, their military trial, and the unprecedented national mourning for our first martyred president. The story is told through more than eighty original documents - eyewitness reports, newspaper articles, medical records, trial transcripts, speeches, letters, diary entries, and poems - by more than seventy-five participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth, Everton Conger, the detective who tracked him down, and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him. Courtroom testimony exposes the chilling details of the plot to kill the president; diary entries by Sarah Morgan, Emma LeConte, and Mary Chesnut record the conflicted response of white Southerners; poems by Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Julia Ward Howe give eloquent voice to fear and grief; and two insightful speeches by Frederick Douglass - one of them never before published - reveal his evolving assessment of Lincoln's legacy. Masterfully orchestrated by historian Harold Holzer, these perspectives combine to reveal the full panorama of one the most stunning and tragic events in our history. An unprecedented firsthand chronicle of the crime that changed American history. 'With the deft mastery we have come to expect from him, Harold Holzer compiles a vivid, riveting, and at times profoundly moving narrative of the immediate reaction to perhaps the greatest cataclysm in American history, and of the sudden and unexpected need to come to terms with the death of the complicated man at the center of it, Abraham Lincoln.' Ken Burns, Filmmaker 'As it moves between Washington and the American heartland, from the crime itself to all the mourning and retribution it engendered, this gathering of essential documents and eye-popping curiosities recreates Lincoln's murder with an extraordinary you-are-there vividness. I cannot think of another anthology - on any subject - that has been assembled with such narrative power and urgency.' Thomas Mallon, author of Henry and Clara 'The national tragedy that brought the Civil War to its appalling climax takes on new life and meaning in this remarkable compilation.' Stephen W. Sears, author of Landscape Turned Red, For the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented first hand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. The fateful story is told in more than 80 original documents, eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, letters, diary entries and poems, by more than 75 participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him., For the 150th anniversary, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented firsthand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. On April 14, 1865, Good Friday, the Civil War claimed its ultimate sacrifice. President Lincoln Assassinated!! recaptures the dramatic immediacy of Lincoln's assassination, the hunt for the conspirators and their military trial, and the nation's mourning for the martyred president. The fateful story is told in more than eighty original documents--eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, letters, diary entries, and poems--by more than seventy-five participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him. Courtroom testimony exposes the intricacies of the plot to kill the president; eulogies by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, and Benjamin Disraeli and poetry by Walt Whitman, Herman Melville and Julia Ward Howe give eloquent voice to grief; two emotional speeches by Frederick Douglass--one of them never before published--reveal his evolving perspective on Lincoln's legacy. Together these voices combine to reveal the full panorama of one the most shocking and tragic events in our history.
9781598533736 English 1598533738 'Our President! Our President is shot! Catch him!' On April 14, 1865, Good Friday, the Civil War claimed its ultimate sacrifice when Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre. President Lincoln Assassinated!! recaptures the dramatic and terrifying immediacy of Lincoln's murder and the coordinated attack on Secretary of State William H. Seward, the hunt for the conspirators, their military trial, and the unprecedented national mourning for our first martyred president. The story is told through more than eighty original documents - eyewitness reports, newspaper articles, medical records, trial transcripts, speeches, letters, diary entries, and poems - by more than seventy-five participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth, Everton Conger, the detective who tracked him down, and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him. Courtroom testimony exposes the chilling details of the plot to kill the president; diary entries by Sarah Morgan, Emma LeConte, and Mary Chesnut record the conflicted response of white Southerners; poems by Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Julia Ward Howe give eloquent voice to fear and grief; and two insightful speeches by Frederick Douglass - one of them never before published - reveal his evolving assessment of Lincoln's legacy. Masterfully orchestrated by historian Harold Holzer, these perspectives combine to reveal the full panorama of one the most stunning and tragic events in our history. An unprecedented firsthand chronicle of the crime that changed American history. 'With the deft mastery we have come to expect from him, Harold Holzer compiles a vivid, riveting, and at times profoundly moving narrative of the immediate reaction to perhaps the greatest cataclysm in American history, and of the sudden and unexpected need to come to terms with the death of the complicated man at the center of it, Abraham Lincoln.' Ken Burns, Filmmaker 'As it moves between Washington and the American heartland, from the crime itself to all the mourning and retribution it engendered, this gathering of essential documents and eye-popping curiosities recreates Lincoln's murder with an extraordinary you-are-there vividness. I cannot think of another anthology - on any subject - that has been assembled with such narrative power and urgency.' Thomas Mallon, author of Henry and Clara 'The national tragedy that brought the Civil War to its appalling climax takes on new life and meaning in this remarkable compilation.' Stephen W. Sears, author of Landscape Turned Red, For the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented first hand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. The fateful story is told in more than 80 original documents, eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, letters, diary entries and poems, by more than 75 participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him., For the 150th anniversary, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented firsthand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. On April 14, 1865, Good Friday, the Civil War claimed its ultimate sacrifice. President Lincoln Assassinated!! recaptures the dramatic immediacy of Lincoln's assassination, the hunt for the conspirators and their military trial, and the nation's mourning for the martyred president. The fateful story is told in more than eighty original documents--eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, letters, diary entries, and poems--by more than seventy-five participants and observers, including the assassin John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot him. Courtroom testimony exposes the intricacies of the plot to kill the president; eulogies by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, and Benjamin Disraeli and poetry by Walt Whitman, Herman Melville and Julia Ward Howe give eloquent voice to grief; two emotional speeches by Frederick Douglass--one of them never before published--reveal his evolving perspective on Lincoln's legacy. Together these voices combine to reveal the full panorama of one the most shocking and tragic events in our history.