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A finger in Lincoln's brain : what modern science reveals about Lincoln, his assassination, and its aftermath

Title
A finger in Lincoln's brain : what modern science reveals about Lincoln, his assassination, and its aftermath / E. Lawrence Abel.
Author
Abel, Ernest L., 1943-
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2015]

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Description
xii, 269 pages; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.
Contents
A target on his back -- A fever in the blood -- For want of a nail -- A lucky shot? -- A story too good to fact check -- Death bed vigil -- We traced the wound -- Ballistics: the science of Lincoln's gunshot wound -- Did Lincoln's doctors doom him? -- Embalming Lincoln -- We mourn a father slain -- The politics of death -- Binding up the nation's wounds -- Death will not be cheated -- Now he belongs to the ages -- There will be blood -- "Not so black and shiney as it was long ago".
Call Number
IK 15-1498
ISBN
  • 9781440831188 (print : alk. paper)
  • 1440831181 (print : alk. paper)
  • 9781440831195 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014030854
OCLC
888025695
Author
Abel, Ernest L., 1943-
Title
A finger in Lincoln's brain : what modern science reveals about Lincoln, his assassination, and its aftermath / E. Lawrence Abel.
Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.
Research Call Number
IK 15-1498
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