John Surratt

By Michael Schein,

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A Foreword Reviews IndieFAB Award Finalist for 2015 History Book of the Year! Impeccable scholarship wrapped in page-turning prose: John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away presents an astonishing new perspective on the Lincoln Assassination. Previous books and films have focused on the triggerman, John Wilkes Booth, or the…

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John Surratt, for many reasons, has always been the Confederate who intrigued me the most: a shrewd, self-confessed spy and courier for the South, he was a fanatical opponent of Lincoln and a close friend to the assassin John Wilkes Booth.

Most importantly, as Schein unveils in a page-turning way, he was the conspirator who got away.  In no small part because he was able to hide out in Quebec, shielded by wealthy Confederate agents and sympathizers and the Catholic Church. I loved the telling anecdotes and colorful details about Surrat’s character, his gift of gab, and his conniving plots…

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