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The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth: with a full sketch of the conspiracy of which he was the leader, and the pursuit, trial and executi
"Booth has simply carried out what ... secession politicians and journalists have been for years expressing in...
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"Booth has simply carried out what ... secession politicians and journalists have been for years expressing in words ... who have denounced the President as a 'tyrant, ' a 'despot, ' a 'usurper, ' hinted at, and virtually recommended." --San Francisco Chronicle, 1865
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth (1865) is George Townsend's description of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and his murderer. The following is a telling quote from his book:
"As (Booth) appeared at the door... Major Rathbone arose. "Are you aware, sir," he said, courteously, "upon whom you are intruding. This is the President's box, and no one is admitted." The intruder answered not a word. Fastening his eyes upon Mr. Lincoln, who had half turned his head to ascertain what caused the disturbance, he stepped quickly back without the door... He only cast one furtive glance upon the man he was to slay, and thrusting one hand in his bosom, another in his skirt pocket, drew forth simultaneously his deadly weapons. His right palm grasped a Derringer pistol, his left a dirk. Then, at a stride, he passed the threshold again, levelled his arm at the President and bent the trigger..."
Author: George Alfred Townsend
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 06/29/2020
Pages: 74
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d
ISBN: 9781646791699
About the Author
Townsend, George Alfred: - GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND (1841-1914), a journalist, a war correspondent during the American Civil War, and a novelist, was in 1865, correspondent for the New York World, covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His reports of Lincoln's assassination and General Sheridan's victory at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, brought him considerable recognition.
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