Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution

作者 James L.著Daniel R. Weinberg著
出版社 HarperCollins US
出版时间 2008年6月
ISBN 9780061237621
定价 167.70

内容简介

ThisdefinitiveillustratedhistoryofAbrahamLincoln'sassassinationfollowstheshockingeventsfromthetragicsceneatFord'sTheatretothetrialandexecutionofJohnWilkesBooth'scoconspirators.Fewrememberthemtoday,butoncethenamesMarySurratt,LewisPowell,DavidHerold,GeorgeAtzerodt,EdmanSpangler,SamuelArnold,MichaelO'Laughlin,andDr.SamuelMuddwerethemostreviledandnotoriousinAmerica.InLincoln'sAssassins,JamesL.SwansonandDanielR.Weinbergpresentanunprecedentedvisualrecordofalmostthreehundredcontemporaryphotographs,letters,documents,prints,woodcuts,newspapers,pamphlets,books,andartifacts,manyhithertounpublished.Theserarematerialsevokethepopularcultureofthetime,recordtheoriginsoftheLincolnmyth,takethereaderintothecourtroomandthecellsoftheaccused,documentthebeginningofAmericanphotojournalism,andmemorializethefatesoftheeightconspirators.

作者简介

JamesL.SwansonistheEdgarAwardwinningauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerManhunt:The12-DayChaseforLincoln?sKiller.In2009inNewsweekmagazine,PatriciaCornwellnamedSwanson'sManhuntandTrumanCapote'sInColdBloodasthetwobestnonfictioncrimebooksever.In2006,EntertainmentWeeklymagazinenamedManhuntoneofthetenbestbooksoftheyear.SwansonhasdegreesinhistoryfromTheUniversityofChicago,wherehewasastudentofJohnHopeFranklin,andlawfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.Hehasheldanumberofgovernmentandthink-tankpostsinWashington,D.C.,includingattheUnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice.HeservesontheadvisorycounciloftheFord?sTheatreSociety.HisotherbooksincludetheacclaimedphotographichistoryLincoln?sAssassins:TheirTrialandExecution,aswellasChasingLincoln?sKiller,andadaptationsofManhuntandBloodyCrimesforyoungreaders.JamesL.SwansonwasbornonLincoln?sbirthday.

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