Bloody Crimes : The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

English

Series: P. S. Ser.

ISBN: 006123379X

EAN: 9780061233791

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Historical/Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads Of State/Social Science / Criminology/History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)/Political Science / Political Freedom/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 08/15/2011

Synopsis: As the Yankees approached Richmond on April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis fled the capital, setting off an intense and thrilling chase in which Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the crime. Preparing for the largest and most magnificent funeral pageant in American history, soldiers placed Lincolns corpse aboard a special train to Springfield, Illinois. Along the way, several million mourners watched the funeral train roll by. The saga that began with Manhuntcontinues as James Swanson masterfully weaves together the stories of the two fallen leaders as they make their final journeys through the bloody landscape of a wounded nation.

Bloody Crimes : The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.9 inches

Width: 5.3 inches

Length: 8.1 inches

Weight: 14.43 oz

Pages: 384