Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination

Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination
Author :
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Total Pages : 402
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781621570837
ISBN-13 : 1621570835
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination by : Thomas Bogar

Download or read book Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination written by Thomas Bogar and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford’s Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience surges into the streets chanting, “Burn the place down!” This is the untold story of Lincoln’s assassination: the forty-six stage hands, actors, and theater workers on hand for the bewildering events in the theater that night, and what each of them witnessed in the chaos-streaked hours before John Wilkes Booth was discovered to be the culprit. In Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination, historian Thomas A. Bogar delves into previously unpublished sources to tell the story of Lincoln’s assassination from behind the curtain, and the tale is shocking. Police rounded up and arrested dozens of innocent people, wasting time that allowed the real culprit to get further away. Some closely connected to John Wilkes Booth were not even questioned, while innocent witnesses were relentlessly pursued. Booth was more connected with the production than you might have known—learn how he knew each member of the cast and crew, which was a hotbed of secessionist resentment. Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination also tells the story of what happened to each of these witnesses to history, after the investigation was over—how each one lived their lives after seeing one of America’s greatest presidents shot dead without warning. Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination is an exquisitely detailed look at this famous event from an entirely new angle. It is must reading for anyone fascinated with the saga of Lincoln’s life and the Civil War era.


Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination Related Books

Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Thomas Bogar
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-04 - Publisher: Regnery Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic
Murder at Ford's Theatre
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Margaret Truman
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11-19 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It was the site of one of the most infamous assassinations in American history. Now bestselling mystery master Margaret Truman premieres a new murder at Ford’
Murder at Ford's Theatre
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Margaret Truman
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-30 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It was the site of one of the most infamous assassinations in American history. Now bestselling mystery master Margaret Truman premieres a new murder at Ford’
Murder at Ford's Theatre
Language: en
Pages: 546
Authors: Margaret Truman
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The "New York Times" bestselling author makes her hardcover debut with her most compelling Capital Crimes thriller yet. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights rese
Our American Cousin
Language: en
Pages: 122
Authors: Tom Taylor
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-25 - Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Our American Cousin is a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play opened in London in 1858 but quickly made its way to the U.S. and pre