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008 940330s1994 nyu 000 1 eng
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050 00 $aPS3563.A43157$bH46 1994
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 1 $aMallon, Thomas,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82162268
245 10 $aHenry and Clara /$cThomas Mallon.
260 $aNew York :$bTicknor & Fields,$c1994.
300 $a358 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aBlending fact with fiction, as he did so successfully in Aurora 7, Thomas Mallon here vividly recreates the tragic story of Henry and Clara Rathbone, the young couple who sat in the President's box on the night of Lincoln's assassination.
520 8 $aBorn of socially prominent families and raised as stepbrother and stepsister, Henry and Clara began a passionate love affair that thrived against the wishes of their parents and society around them. Henry had fought with distinction from Antietam to Petersburg, while Clara attracted the favor of President and Mrs. Lincoln. But their witnessing of the event that shook the entire nation changed their lives forever, leading to guilt, madness, and eventually murder.
520 8 $aRelying on historical evidence, Thomas Mallon brings to life one of the most fascinating though little known tales from our nation's history. His talent as a novelist is fully in evidence in this astonishing and moving story.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xAssassination$vFiction.
650 0 $aPresidents$xAssassination$zUnited States$vFiction.
600 10 $aRathbone, Henry Reed,$d1837-1911$vFiction.
600 10 $aRathbone, Clara$vFiction.
655 7 $aBiographical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aLove stories.$2gsafd
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3563.A43157$iH46 1994