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The Assassin's Accomplice, Movie Tie-in. Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln.
Kate Clifford Larson
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Description for The Assassin's Accomplice, Movie Tie-in. Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln.
Paperback. The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln-and the first woman executed by the federal government Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JPWL1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
In The Assassin's Accomplice , historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators-including her rebel son, John Surratt-met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and age. Unmoved, ... Read more
In The Assassin's Accomplice , historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators-including her rebel son, John Surratt-met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and age. Unmoved, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465024414
SKU
V9780465024414
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About Kate Clifford Larson
Kate Clifford Larson teaches history at Simmons College. Her first book, Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, was described as brilliant" (Smithsonian Magazine), astonishingly good, a better debut than any author has the right to wish for" (Dallas Morning News), and an extraordinary achievement" (Baltimore Sun). Larson lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Reviews for The Assassin's Accomplice, Movie Tie-in. Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln.
Spectator "Larson captures brilliantly the atmosphere of Mary Surratt's trial in a crowded court room - murder trials attract morbid spectators - during the sweltering heat of a Washington summer. Her description of the drama of Mary's last hours, when she was broken by a death sentence that neither she nor her lawyers had believed possible, makes compelling reading."