The Congressman Who Got Away with Murder

by Nat Brandt

Book Overview

US Congressman Daniel Sickles fatally shot his friend, Phillip Barton Key, Washington district attorney and son of Francis Scott Key. Key had been having an affair with Sickles's wife, Teresa Bagioli. This work shows how Sickles, a cold-blooded murderer, won the nation's sympathy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602774
• ISBN13: 9780815602774
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A fine book on Civil War General Dan Sickles!

This now hard-to-find book is a fine short account of the life of the notorious Civil War politician/general, Daniel E. Sickles. It focuses more upon the trial in which Sickles was charged with murdering his wife's lover (hence the title!), but it is overall a fascinating account of the life of one of the most notorious figures in American history, a combination of flagwaving patriot/human rights activist and ambitious, corrupt, and amoral politician/criminal. Guaranteed to fascinate and offend almost everyone!