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The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

Scott Martelle
4.9/5 (16479 ratings)
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Description: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. A devout Christian, he castrated himself so that his sexual urges would not distract him from serving God. He was one of the first volunteers to join the US Army in the first days of the Civil War, a path that would in time land him in the notorious Andersonville prison camp, and eventually in the squadron that cornered Booth in a Virginia barn. The Madman and the Assassin is the first full-length 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth. To get started finding The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
240
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Release
2015
ISBN
1613730217

The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

Scott Martelle
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: 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. A devout Christian, he castrated himself so that his sexual urges would not distract him from serving God. He was one of the first volunteers to join the US Army in the first days of the Civil War, a path that would in time land him in the notorious Andersonville prison camp, and eventually in the squadron that cornered Booth in a Virginia barn. The Madman and the Assassin is the first full-length 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth. To get started finding The Madman and Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
240
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Release
2015
ISBN
1613730217

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