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 from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals that it is completely wrong. John Wilkes Booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of murder. He received the help of many, not the least of whom was Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd, the Charles County

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191513
• ISBN13: 9780813191515
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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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