Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

By Edward Steers Jr.

Book Overview

Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York's Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813122171
• ISBN13: 9780813122175
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Another insight, too late to act upon

Sometimes, on purpose at others, it takes time to extrapolate from scarce documents, but whatever the excuse, it is too late to act upon the information. This could have been a great conspiracy book, but it is a little late to point fingers. However, this would have put the fascination back into history if it were told at school in place of the fabricated simplicity that is so dry and boring. This book makes a lot more sense and also helps to know that the complicated plots of today are nothing new. The major revelations are that the plot was to knock off the head of the government (not just Abraham Lincoln), and the subplots to spread Yellow fever and fires are also part of a whole attitude and campaign. Today, we are perfectly willing to assign this behavior to foreign terrorists, yet it is not palatable to assume these actions would be executed by the Confederate Secret Service. It is not too late to make this book part of the curriculum before another generation assumes Mudd is innocent.

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