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They have killed Papa dead! : the road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's murder, and the rage for vengeance

Pitch, Anthony. (Author).
Book  - 2008
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  • ISBN: 1586421581
  • ISBN: 9781586421588
  • Physical Description xviii, 493 pages : illustrations, maps
  • Edition 1st ed.
  • Publisher Hanover, N.H. : Steerforth Press, [2008]

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-482) and index.
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They Have Killed Papa Dead! : The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
They Have Killed Papa Dead! : The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
by Pitch, Anthony S.
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They Have Killed Papa Dead! : The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prefacep. xv
1"Lincoln Shall Not Pass through Baltimore Alive"p. 1
2A Presidential Envelope Marked "Assassination"p. 27
3"An Excellent Chance to Kill the President!"p. 42
4"The Last Speech He Will Ever Make"p. 74
5"Like Banquo's Ghost, It Will Not Down"p. 95
6"The President Is Shot!"p. 111
7A Singular Night of Horrorsp. 123
8"They Have Killed Papa Dead!"p. 133
9An Autopsy and Embalming in the White Housep. 160
10A Visceral Preference for Vengeancep. 164
11"I Am Right in the Justness of My Cause"p. 174
12Escape in the Dead of Nightp. 184
13"Betrayed into the Hands of the Government"p. 191
14"Keep an Eye on Mrs. Surratt's House"p. 201
15"We Know as Much of Your Operations as the Almighty"p. 215
16A Funeral Surpassing All Others in Solemnityp. 224
17Escapep. 233
18"You Must Get Him Across"p. 249
19"I Don't Want to Know Anything About You"p. 264
20"I Am Worth Just $175,000 to the Man Who Captures Me"p. 274
21"Tell My Mother I Die for My Country"p. 284
22A Secret Burial at Midnightp. 294
23"What My Imagination Pictured the Inquisition to Have Been"p. 302
24Weeks of Deprivation and Solitudep. 318
25"The Trial Concluded at Last"p. 337
26"The Posse Comitatus of the Court Is Not Able to Overcome Armies"p. 343
27"I Could Have Jumped upon the Shoulders of Each as They Hung"p. 361
28"A Perfect Hell"p. 367
29"Why This Flight, and Why This Concealment?"p. 374
Epilogue: The Scramble for Rewardsp. 397
Acknowledgmentsp. 401
Notesp. 407
Selected Bibliographyp. 469
Indexp. 483