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001 2008001060
003 DLC
005 20150312075414.0
008 080110s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008001060
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016 7 $a014589435$2Uk
020 $a9780465038152 (alk. paper)
020 $a0465038158 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn190786113
035 $a(OCoLC)190786113$z(OCoLC)176894756
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aE457.5$b.L33 2008
082 00 $a973.7/092$222
100 1 $aLarson, Kate Clifford.
245 14 $aThe assassin's accomplice :$bMary Surratt and the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln /$cKate Clifford Larson.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2008.
300 $axix, 263 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThe true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln--and the first woman executed by the federal government. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators, including her rebel son, John Surratt, met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and age. Unmoved, Johnson refused--Surratt, he said, "kept the nest that hatched the egg." Historian Larson tells the intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant. Based on long-lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, the text explores how Mary's actions defied nineteenth-century norms of femininity, piety, and motherhood, leaving her vulnerable to a punishment historically reserved for men.--From publisher description.
505 0 $a"Devoted body and soul to the cause" -- Creating a life, building the nest -- Rebels, spies, and couriers -- Keeper of the nest -- The assassin's accomplice -- A shrewd witness -- The "materfamilias" of the criminals -- The case for the defense -- The verdict : swift and deadly -- Scenes at the scaffold -- American tragedy or American justice?
600 10 $aSurratt, Mary E.$q(Mary Eugenia),$d1820-1865.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xAssassination.
650 0 $aLincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Washington, D.C., 1865.
650 0 $aConspiracies$zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 $aTrials (Assassination)$zWashington (D.C.)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008001060.html