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A. Lincoln: His Last 24 Hours by W. Emerson Reck.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination Bibliography—A Compendium of Reference Materials by Blaine V. Houmes.
Alias “Paine”: Lewis Thornton Powell, The Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy by Betty J. Ownsbey.
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael W. Kauffman.
American Gothic: The Story of America’s Legendary Theatrical Family — Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth by Gene Smith.
April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War by William A. Tidwell.
The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln by Kate Clifford Larson.
(paperback reprint of 1901 classic).
The Body in the Barn: The Controversy Over the Death of John Wilkes Booth published by the Surratt Society.
The Catholics and Mrs. Mary Surratt by Kenneth J. Zanca .
The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy by Thomas Goodrich.
Devil’s Game: The Civil War Intrigues of Charles Dunham by Carman Cumming.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination by John E. McHale. For young readers.
The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Edward Steers, Jr.
The Fall and Redemption of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd by Robert K. Summers.
Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War by Ernest B. Furgurson.
From War Department Files Surratt Society publication of statements made by the accused under examination.
The Great American Myth by George Bryan (reprint). Excellent work which dispels many of the legends surrounding the assassination.
His Name is Still Mudd: The Case Against Dr. Samuel A. Mudd by Edward Steers, Jr., with foreword by James O. Hall.
In Pursuit of… Continuing Research in the Field of the Lincoln Assassination. From the pages of The Surratt Courier (1976-1986). Surratt Society publication in two volumes. Also see The Lincoln Assassination – From the Pages of The Surratt Courier (1986-1999).
John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir by Asia Booth Clark, edited by Terry Alford.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by David M. DeWitt. Examines the legal injustices of the case.
The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt’s Flight from the Gallows by Andrew Jampoler.
The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Their Confinement and Execution as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft edited by Dr. Edward Steers, Jr. and Harold Holzer.
The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence compiled by Bill Edwards and Dr. Edward Steers, Jr.
Lincoln Day-by-Day, A Chronology 1809-1865 edited by Earl Schenck Miers and C. Percy Powell.
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies by William H. Hanchett. Examines the many assassination “theories.”
The Mad Booths of Maryland by Stanley Kimmel. Excellent biography of this fascinating clan.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson.
Mary Elizabeth Surratt: An American Tragedy by Elizabeth Steger Trindal. Pleads the case for innocence of Mrs. Surratt.
Memoirs of a Lincoln Conspirator: Samuel Bland Arnold edited by Michael W. Kauffman.
On the Way to Garrett’s Barn—John Wilkes Booth & David E. Herold in the Northern Neck of Virginia, April 22-26, 1865 by James O. Hall.
Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech. Pulitzer Prize winner on Washington City society of the time. Last chapters give a general survey of the assassination.
Right or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth edited by Louise Taper and John Rhodehamel.
Shall We Gather at the River: The Unwritten History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Edited and annotated by Randal Berry. Reprint of 1906 issue by Richard Smoot who participated in the kidnap scheme.
The Surratt Family and John Wilkes Booth by James O. Hall.
They Have Killed Papa Dead! The Road to Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance by Anthony Pitch.
The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and Trial of the Conspirators. A special edition as arranged in 1865 by Benn Pitman. Edited by Edward Steers.
Twenty Days by Dorothy and Philip Kunhardt. Good pictorial narrative of the dark days after the assassination.
We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts by Timothy S. Good.
The Web of Conspiracy by Theodore Roscoe.
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