{"product_id":"the-lincoln-assassination-9780252033681","title":"The Lincoln Assassination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authoritative published record of the Lincoln assassination investigation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The work's value to a public audience [will be] . . . its reflection of the moment in American history. . . . A serious researcher gains assistance from the authors' knowledgeable footnotes. . . . This unique volume rides the Lincoln bicentennial publishing wave.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gold mine of information and a major contribution to the literature on the Lincoln assassination. Highly recommended.”--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Edwards and Edward Steers have both spent years researching the Lincoln assassination, and have produced a voluminous, but handy transcription of the plethora of assassination documents compiled by the War Department.”--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Illinois History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The variety of material is breathtaking and immediately gives a sense of richness and range of its potential use for scholars.\"--\u003ci\u003eH-CivWar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I cannot overstate the contribution that this book makes to the field. Anyone who has ever struggled with nineteenth-century handwriting, often made even more difficult to read on microfilm, will be delighted to have these primary sources in hard copy. Anyone doing research on the assassination in the future will have to consult this book.”--Thomas Reed Turner, author of \u003ci\u003eBeware the People Weeping: Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is the documentary publication of the decade in the field of Lincoln assassination studies. The original records form a goldmine, with veins running off in many and unexpected directions--not merely assassination studies but also military law, politics, race relations, public mourning and hysteria, and civil liberties issues. There is no comparable printed book. Not even close.”--Terry Alford, editor of \u003ci\u003eJohn Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e is the most superb and substantive primary source ever to be made available for any one interested in the murder of our sixteenth president. Coeditors William C. Edwards and Edward Steers Jr. have spent a lifetime sorting through the records in search of the truth surrounding this regicide, and this annotated edition is the culmination of their triumphant efforts.\"--Frank J. Williams, founding chair of The Lincoln Forum and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   ix\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables   xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   xv\u003cbr\u003e Editorial Note   xxix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THE DOCUMENTS   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDocuments are listed alphabetically by the addresser (or, where none exists, the subject of the document) and chronologically within the same addresser's file.\u003cbr\u003e Letters written by investigator H. L. Burnett are segregated and begin on page 239.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index   1405","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036814049623,"sku":"9780252033681","price":107.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252033681.jpg?v=1750932638","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lincoln-assassination-9780252033681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}