Thomas J. Reed

Avenging Lincoln's Death

The Trial of John Wilkes Booth's Accomplices

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Produktbeschreibung

Avenging Lincoln's Death dissects the trial of eight alleged accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, showing that the trial was unconstitutional because Congress never authorized trial by military commission and President Johnson exceeded his authority by appointing a military commission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9781611478273
• ISBN-10: 1611478278
• Artikelnr.: 43483626

Autorenporträt

By Thomas J. Reed

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prelude Introduction Chapter One. The
Conspiracies Chapter Two. The Hunter Commission Chapter Three. The Lawyers
Chapter Four. The Conduct of the Trial Chapter Five. The Case against Mary
Surratt Chapter Six. The Case against Samuel Mudd Chapter Seven. An
Unconstitutional, Unfair Trial Bibliography Index About the Author