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"They Have Killed Papa Dead!"

The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

by Anthony S. Pitch · 2009

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Draws extensively on primary source materials, including unpublished diaries, letters, and journals, to examine the forces, personalities, and events leading up to Lincoln's assassination, the murder at Ford's Theatre, and the aftermath of Lincoln's death.

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