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John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Map
Both teachers and Lincoln buffs will find this colorful map an invaluable guide to the movements of Abraham Lincoln's assassin after he fled the murder scene. It traces Booth's travels from April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., through southern Maryland, across the Potomac River and into Virginia where he met death on April 26.The map also includes helpful background information, a summary of events at each location, and descriptions of Booth's flight, his fellow conspirators, and pursuers. Created by Kieran McAuliffe, the map is printed in full color and unfolds to 11 x 20 inches. Thomas Publications released it in 2002.
Bryan, George S. The Great American Myth. Reprint edition, 1997.
Chesebrough, David B. No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow: Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1994.
Craughwell, Thomas. Stealing Lincoln's Body. Belknap Press, 2007.
Good, Timothy S., ed. We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts. Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press, 1995.
Grieve, Victoria. Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Assassination. Parks and History Association, 2001.
Hanchett, William. The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983.
Harrell, Carolyn, et al. When Bells Tolled for Lincoln: Southern Reaction to the Assassination. Mercer University Press, 1997.
Holzer, Harold and Williams, Frank. Lincoln's Deathbed in Art and Memory: The "Rubber Room" Phenomenon. Thomas Publications, 1998.
Kauffman, Michael W. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies. New York: Random House, 2004.
Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve and Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr. Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Reprint edition, 1994.
Lattimer, John K. Kennedy and Lincoln: Medical and Ballistic Comparison of Their Assassinations. New York and London: Harcourt, Brace, 1980.
Leonard, Elizabeth D. Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War. W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.
Lewis, Lloyd. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: History and Myth. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Ownsbey, Betty J. Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy. McFarland & Co., 1993.
Reck, W. Emerson. A. Lincoln: His Last 24 Hours. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1987; reprinted in paperback in 1994.
Rhodehamel, John and Taper, Louise, editors. "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me": The Writings of John Wilkes Booth. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Searcher, Victor. The Farewell to Lincoln. New York and Nashville: Abington Press, 1965.
Stahlman, Bonnie. The Great Abraham Lincoln Hijack. Reliance Press, 1997.
Steers, Edward Jr. Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Steers, Edward Jr. His Name is Still Mudd: The Case Against Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1997.
Steers, Edward Jr. The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1996.
Steers, Edward Jr. The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators. University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
Swanson, James L. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. William Murrow, 2006.
Swanson, James L. and Weinberg, Daniel R. Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution. Arena Editions, 2001.
Trostel, Scott. The Lincoln Funeral Train: The Final Journey and National Funeral for Abraham Lincoln. Cam-Tech Publishing, 2002.
Turner, Thomas R. Beware the People Weeping: Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, reprint edition 1991.
Turner, Thomas R. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Krieger Publishing Co., 1999. >> For your convenience, some titles are linked to online order pages.
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