<div>Diverse perspectives on Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination, its aftermath, and its place in national memory from some of today&rsquo;s leading Lincoln scholars. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most significant events in US history. It continues to attract the interest of scholars, writers, and armchair historians, ranging from painstaking new research to wild-eyed speculation. Now leading scholars of Lincoln and his murder offer in one volume their most salient studies and arguments about the assassination, its aftermath, the extraordinary&mdash;and complicated&mdash;public reaction, and the iconography that Lincoln&rsquo;s murder and deification inspired. Contributors also offer the latest accounts of the pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the conspirators. Everything from graphic tributes to religious sermons, to spontaneous outbursts on the nation&rsquo;s city streets, to emotional mass-mourning at carefully organized funerals, as well as the imposition of military jurisprudence to try the conspirators, is examined in the light of fresh evidence and insightful analysis. Contributing to this volume are some of the finest scholars specializing in Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination. All have earned well-deserved reputations for the quality of their research, their originality, and their writing. In addition to the editors, contributors include Thomas R. Turner, Edward Steers Jr., Michael W. Kauffman, Thomas P. Lowry, Richard E. Sloan, Elizabeth D. Leonard, and Richard Nelson Current.</div>

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The Lincoln Assassination

<div>The definitive, illustrated A-to-Z reference by “one of the nation’s leading researchers on the Lincoln assassination” (NPR’s Morning Edition). The first book of its kind, The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia is an indispensable guide to one of the most dramatic and fascinating events in our nation’s history: the murder of the sixteenth president of the United States. Written by Edward Steers, Jr., acclaimed author of Blood on the Moon and one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, this thorough, highly readable resource includes:<ul><li>All the known persons, places, events, and conspiracies connected to the tragedy</li><li>More than 150 period photographs and maps, many never before published</li><li>The truth behind the hoaxes, myths, and legends surrounding the assassination</li><li>A comprehensive narrative and timeline of events, and more</li></ul> “In this encyclopedia of Lincoln’s assassination, Edward Steers, Jr., the foremost scholar of the assassination, has assembled knowledge of the subject scattered in documents and writings over a period of nearly a century and a half, organized it authoritatively and comprehensively, and written about it clearly.” —William Hanchett, author of Out of the Wilderness: The Life of Abraham Lincoln Includes a foreword by James L. Swanson, New York Times-bestsellingauthor of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer</div>

The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia

<div>A &ldquo;lively yet thoroughly researched&rdquo; look at persistent myths and stubborn scams, and how historians try to combat them (The Courier-Journal).Did a collector with a knack for making sensational discoveries really find the first document ever printed in America? Did Hitler actually pen a revealing set of diaries? Has Jesus&rsquo; burial cloth survived the ages? Can the shocking true account of Abraham Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination be found in lost pages from his murderer&rsquo;s diary?Napoleon famously observed that &ldquo;history is a set of lies agreed upon,&rdquo; and Edward Steers Jr. investigates six of the most amazing frauds ever to gain wide acceptance in this engrossing book. Hoax examines the legitimacy of the Shroud of Turin, perhaps the most hotly debated relic in all of Christianity, and the fossils purported to confirm humanity&rsquo;s &ldquo;missing link,&rdquo; the Piltdown Man. Steers also discusses two remarkable forgeries, the Hitler diaries and the &ldquo;Oath of a Freeman,&rdquo; and famous conspiracy theories alleging that Franklin D. Roosevelt had prior knowledge of the planned attack on Pearl Harbor and that the details of Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination are recorded in missing pages from John Wilkes Booth&rsquo;s journal.The controversies that Steers presents show that there are two major factors involved in the success of a hoax or forgery&mdash;greed and the desire to believe. Though all of the counterfeits and conspiracies featured in Hoax have been scientifically debunked, some remain fixed in many people&rsquo;s minds as truth. As Steers points out, the success of these frauds highlights a disturbing fact: If true history fails to entertain the public, it is likely to be ignored or forgotten.</div>

Hoax

<div>&ldquo;Succinctly and eloquently debunks 14 popular myths about the Great Emancipator&#39;s life and death [with] solid documentation.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly In the more than 150 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America&rsquo;s most revered president. The mythmaking about this self-made man began early, some of it starting during his campaign for the presidency in 1860. As an American icon, Lincoln has been the subject of speculation and inquiry as authors and researchers have examined every aspect&#8213; personal and professional &#8213;of the president&rsquo;s life. In Lincoln Legends, noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. carefully scrutinizes some of the most notorious tall tales and distorted ideas about America&rsquo;s sixteenth president. Did he write his greatest speech on the back of an envelope on the way to Gettysburg? Did he appear before a congressional committee to defend his wife against charges of treason? Was he an illegitimate child? Did he have romantic encounters with women other than his wife&mdash;or love affairs with men? What really happened in the weeks leading up to April 14, 1865, and in the aftermath of Lincoln;s tragic assassination? Lincoln Legends evaluates the evidence on all sides of the many heated debates about the Great Emancipator, and also traces the often fascinating evolution of flawed theories about Lincoln and the motivations of the individuals&#8213;occasionally sincere but more often cynical, self-serving, and nefarious&#8213;who are responsible for their dispersal. Based on extensive primary research, Lincoln Legends will settle many of the enduring questions and persistent myths about Lincoln&rsquo;s life once and for all. &ldquo;Fascinating reading.&rdquo; &mdash;Tucson Citizen</div>

Lincoln Legends

<div>Transcripts from the trial of John Wilkes Booth&rsquo;s co-conspirators, plus commentary:&ldquo;Unquestionably the world-class expert on . . . Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination.&rdquo; &#8213;Civil War News On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in what he envisioned part of a scheme to plunge the federal government into chaos and gain a reprieve for the struggling Confederacy. The plan failed. By April 26, Booth was killed resisting capture and eight of the nine conspirators eventually charged in Lincoln&#39;s murder were in custody. Their trial would become one of the most famous and most controversial in US history. New president Andrew Johnson&rsquo;s executive order on May 1 directed that persons charged with Lincoln&rsquo;s murder stand trial before a military tribunal. The trial lasted more than fifty days, and 366 witnesses gave testimony. Benn Pitman, an expert in phonography&mdash;an early form of shorthand&mdash;was awarded a government contract to produce a transcription of each day&rsquo;s testimony. Pitman made these transcripts available to the prosecution and defense, as well as select members of the press. Although three versions of the testimony were published, Pitman&rsquo;s edited collection was the most accessible. He skillfully winnowed the 4,300 pages of transcription into one volume, collated the testimony by defendant, indexed it by name and date, and added summaries. In The Trial, assassination scholars guide readers through all 421 pages of testimony, illuminating Pitman&rsquo;s record. By drawing together the evidence that resulted in the conspirators&rsquo; convictions, The Trial leaves no doubt as to the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, making this book a fascinating account of the trial as well as an essential resource. &ldquo;Steers&rsquo;s lineup is truly expert&mdash;readers will be able to distinguish between fact and fancy and come away with a far better understanding of Lincoln&rsquo;s assassination.&rdquo; &mdash;William Hanchett, author of The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies</div>

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Lincoln Legends

The Trial

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