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George Alfred Townsend

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

with a full sketch of the conspiracy of which he was the leader, and the pursuit, trial and execution of his accomplices

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Booth has simply carried out what ... secession politicians and journalists have been for years expressing in words ... who have denounced the President as a 'tyrant,' a 'despot,' a 'usurper,' hinted at, and virtually recommended. -San Francisco Chronicle, 1865The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth (1865) is George Townsend's description of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and his murderer. The following is a telling quote from his book:As (Booth) appeared at the door… Major Rathbone arose. Are you aware, sir, he said, courteously, upon whom you are intruding. This is the President's box, and no one is admitted. The i… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-64679-169-9
  • EAN: 9781646791699
  • Produktnummer: 35268910
  • Verlag: Cosimo Classics
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 74 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.4 cm 106 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 106

Über den Autor


GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND (1841-1914), a journalist, a war correspondent during the American Civil War, and a novelist, was in 1865, correspondent for the New York World, covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His reports of Lincoln's assassination and General Sheridan's victory at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, brought him considerable recognition.

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