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015 $aGBB077726$2bnb
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020 $a9780061233784 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0061233781 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780061233791 (pbk.)
020 $a006123379X (pbk.)
020 $z9780061979200 (large print : alk. paper)
020 $z0061979201 (large print : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn456179761
037 $bHarpercollins, Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512$nSAN 200-2086
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050 00 $aE477.98$b.S93 2010
082 00 $a973.7/7092$222
100 1 $aSwanson, James L.,$d1959-
245 10 $aBloody crimes :$bthe chase for Jefferson Davis and the death pageant for Lincoln's corpse /$cJames L. Swanson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWilliam Morrow/HarperCollins,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 464 p. :$bill., maps :$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manhunt" returns to the Civil War era to tell the epic story of the search for Jefferson Davis and the eventful funeral procession for assassinated president Abraham Lincoln.
520 $aOn the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis boarded a train from Richmond and fled the capital, setting off an intense chase as Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy. To the Union, Davis was no longer merely a traitor, but a murderer. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White House funeral transfixed the nation. Millions watched the funeral train roll by on its way to Illinois, in the largest and most magnificent funeral pageant in American history. Meanwhile, Davis was hunted down and placed in captivity, the beginning of an intense and dramatic odyssey that would transform him into a martyr of the South's Lost Cause.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aFlitting shadows -- In the days of our youth -- Unconquerable hearts -- Borne by loving hands -- Body of the president embalmed -- We shall see and know our friends in heaven -- Cause is not yet dead -- He is named for you -- Coffin that slowly passes -- By God, you are the men we are looking ofor -- Living in a tomb -- Shadow of the Confederacy.
600 10 $aDavis, Jefferson,$d1808-1889$xCaptivity, 1865-1867.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xDeath and burial.
650 0 $aFugitives from justice$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPolitical prisoners$zUnited States$vCase studies.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xPrisoners and prisons.