The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy"While waves of laughter echoed through the theater, James Ferguson kept his eyes focused on Abraham Lincoln. Although the president joined the crowd with a 'hearty laugh,' his interest seemingly lay more with someone below. With his right elbow resting on the arm of his chair and his chin lying carelessly on his hand, Lincoln parted one of the flags nearby that he might see better. |
Contents
The Omen | 3 |
Three Electric Words | 9 |
The White City | 13 |
The Last Man | 17 |
Star of Glory | 23 |
The President and the Player | 31 |
Sic Semper Tyrannis | 39 |
Towards an Indefinite Shore | 45 |
A Spirit So Horrible | 113 |
The Darkest Dawn | 117 |
Hemp and Hell | 129 |
This Sobbing Day | 141 |
A Double Disaster | 157 |
The Curse of Cain | 179 |
The Hate of Hate | 225 |
The Heart of Israel | 231 |
The Clown and the Sphinx | 51 |
One Bold Man | 57 |
PART II | 81 |
A Night to Remember | 83 |
Terror on Lafayette Park | 91 |
The Last Bullet | 95 |
Murder in the Streets | 105 |
Old Scores | 247 |
The Living Dead | 259 |
Beads on a String | 275 |
The Haunted Stage | 289 |
Acknowledgments | 299 |
Bibliography | 343 |
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The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy Thomas Goodrich Limited preview - 2005 |
The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy Thomas Goodrich Limited preview - 2005 |