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  • Murdering Mr. Lincoln

  • A New Detection of the 19th Century's Most Famous Crime
  • By: Charles Higham
  • Narrated by: Dan Cashman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

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Murdering Mr. Lincoln

By: Charles Higham
Narrated by: Dan Cashman
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Publisher's Summary

In this startling and original work, best-selling author Charles Higham addresses one of the greatest historical mysteries: did John Wilkes Booth act alone on the night of Good Friday, 1865 or was he part of a wide conspiracy?

Drawing from letters, diaries, previously unstudied records of official hearings, railway timetables, and obscure shipping manifests, Higham has woven a spellbinding account of intrigue. He proves conclusively that high-level figures, including those in government and trade, were involved in the murder plot, and not John Wilkes Booth alone.

Higham shows for the first time that Lincoln unwittingly sealed his own doom. By allowing trading with the South in contradiction of his own laws, he enriched a circle of powerful people who, once he had outlived his usefulness and handed over the arrangements to others, marked him very quickly for assassination.

©2004 Charles Higham (P)2004 New Millennium Audio, all rights reserved

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