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| Publisher | Harpercollins Publishers Inc |
| ISBN 13 | 9780061233784 |
| Book Description | On the morning of april 2 1865 jefferson davis president of the confederacy received the telegram from general robert e lee there is no more time the yankees are coming that evening shortly before midnight davis boarded a train from richmond and fled the capital but in two weeks time john wilkes booth would assassinate the president and the nation was convinced that davis was the mastermind of the crime no longer merely a traitor davis became a murderer a wanted man with a onehundredthousanddollar bounty on his head over the course of several weeks union cavalry led an intense and thrilling chase through the carolinas and georgia davis final journey into captivity with its moments of great suffering and intense drama transformed him into a martyr of the souths lost cause another man was also undergoing his last journey abraham lincolns final sojourn began on april 19 after the white house funeral from there a solemn procession escorted him to the capitol rotunda where tens of thousands of mourners viewed him in death this was just the beginning |
| Language | English |
| Author | James L. Swanson |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Publication Date | 10/20/2010 |
| Number of Pages | 480 |
Bloody Crimes: The Chase For Jefferson Davis And The Death Pageant For Lincoln's Corpse paperback english - 10/20/2010
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