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The Thackery Journal

The Thackery Journal

The Thackery Journal

John Holt

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781291517491
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On the night of April 14th 1865 President Abraham Lincoln attended a performance at The Ford Theatre, in Washington. A single shot fired by John Wilkes Booth hit the President in the back of the head. He slumped to the floor, and died a few hours later without recovering consciousness. Was Booth a lone assassin? Or was he part of a wider conspiracy? A plot to replace Lincoln with General Ulysses S. Grant.

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