The madman and the assassin : the strange life of Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth
Martelle, Scott, 1958-2015
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As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed Booth, an odd character named Boston Corbett. The killing of Booth made Corbett an instant celebrity whose peculiarities made him the object of fascination and derision. Corbett was an English immigrant, a hatter by trade, who was likely poisoned by the mercury then used in the manufacturing process. This is a biography of Boston Corbett, a man who was something of a prototypical modern American, thrust into the spotlight during a national news event - an unwelcome transformation from anonymity to celebrity.
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Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2015.
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240 pages ; 23 cm
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9781613730188 (hbk)
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English
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817282
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