If you are a history buff, you will LOVE this book. It is fascinating and easy to read. It is amazing how much luck is involved in the commission and solving of crime. I thought I had good knowledge of the facts surrounding the assignation of Lincoln and the people involved, but I was wrong! I will say that this does pretty much close the book on the involvement of Dr. Samuel Mudd....of your name is Mudd fame....was he or was he not just an innocent in the wrong place at the wrong time who innocently set the broken leg of Booth, helping him allude the authorities....well I won't give away the answer, but it was not what I expected. I will say that I hope, and believe, what happened to the conspirators then would not happen today. It is interesting to think how history would be different had this horrible event not happened. It seems that the death of Lincoln brought the North and South together in a way they probably would not have done otherwise, and as difficult as the reconstruction period was, the South hated Lincoln so much that they may have never accepted being part of the Union again. However his death was so shocking, and he immediately became a martyr and idolized, that killing him did exactly the opposite of what Booth desired. Instead of rallying the South to continue the fight, it seems to have taken the fight out the the South. Even if you are not a history buff, I think you will probably find this book interesting. Good reading! Highly recommended!
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