Oregon Trail by Rick Steber
WHAT IF JOHN WILKES BOTH WERE TRIED FOR ASASINATING ABRAHAM LINCOLN? Fleeing south after shooting President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was cornered in a barn in Virginia and mortally wounded when he refused to surrender to pursuing Federal cavalrymen. His death some hours later denied the nation a trial that might have revealed his motives and possible links to the Confederate government. In this riveting tale, historian William L. Richter continues his study of what Booth believed he was accomplishing in figuratively firing the last shot of what the South called the War for Southern Independence. The reader is taken through a trial where Booth is prevented from testifying on his own behalf under the rules of law in that time. Never one to take second billing, the actor turned avenger manages to smuggle his version of events out of the Washington Arsenal prison and into the pages of the national press, before the trap on the scaffold drops to put an end to this what if episode in American History.
Steber, Rick: - RICK STEBER grew up in Alaska running sled dogs. He is the author of a number of nonfiction books set in the Pacific Northwest. He lives in Oregon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780945134015 |
| ISBN 10 | 0945134010 |
| Title | Oregon Trail |
| Author | Rick Steber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bonanza Publishing |
| Year published | 1986-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 58 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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