Title: "They Have Killed Papa Dead!"
Subtitle: The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
First published: 2009
Description: Draws extensively on primary source materials, including unpublished diaries, letters, and journals, to examine the forces, personalities, and events leading up to Lincoln's assassination, the murder at Ford's Theatre, and the aftermath of Lincoln's death.
Subjects: Assassination, Assassins, History, Political aspects, Political aspects of Revenge, Political culture, Prisoners, Revenge, Social aspects, Social aspects of Revenge, Sources
Places: United States
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: E457.5 .P58 2009