The Lincoln murder conspiracies : being an account of the hatred felt by many Americans for President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and the first complete examination and refutation of the many theories, hypotheses, and speculations put forward since 1865 concerning those presumed to have aided, abetted, controlled, or directed the murderous act of John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater the night of April 14

by William Hanchett

Hardcover, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

E457.5.H26 1983

Genres

History

General Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1983.

Description

Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.

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Hancett documents all of the theories regarding the Lincoln assassination and discredits them, including those that implicated CSA President Davis, US Secretary of War Stanton, VP Johnson, and the Pope. Widely considered the final word on the assassination in 1986, it may have been superseded by

Kaufman's American Brutus. It is still worth reading however. Not for those who believe in conspiracy theories.

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