Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (2001)

by Edward Steers, Jr.

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Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York's Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals that it is completely wrong. John Wilkes Booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of murder. He received the help of many, not the least of whom was Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd, the Charles County physician who has been portrayed as the innocent victim of a vengeful government. Booth was also ai.… (more)

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Very informative book. Not really flashy and the author has the unfortunate habit of referring to his own research but well documented and does a good job of following up on the many conspiracy theories and debunking them. Recommended for anyone who is interested in a deeper insight into the Lincoln assassination and the conspiracies theories surrounding it. Side note: I came away believing that there are many they should have prosecuted but didn't. (

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Albany, New York, USA

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA

Grover's Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA

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Epigraph

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth,

blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into

blood, before the terrible day of the Lord cometh.

Joel 2:31-32

Dedication

To

Edward Steers Sr. (1910-1990),

whose love of history rubbed off,

to

Patricia Aire Steers,

who love of me made this book possible,

and

to

Molly,

in whose absence this book would have been

finished one year sooner.

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Abraham Lincoln has become the subject of more writings than any other person in American history.

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Hanchett, William

Hall, James O.

Turner, Thomas Reed

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Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York's Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals that it is completely wrong. John Wilkes Booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of murder. He received the help of many, not the least of whom was Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd, the Charles County physician who has been portrayed as the innocent victim of a vengeful government. Booth was also ai.

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