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| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 102.3 | The History Cooperative
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September, 2006
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Darkest Dawn
Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

By Thomas Goodrich
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Pp. x, 362. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.)

Dark Union
The Secret Web of Profiteers, Politicians, and Booth Conspirators that Led to Lincoln's Death

By Leonard F. Guttridge and Ray A. Neff
(Hoboken, N. J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Pp. vi, 282. Illustrations, note on sources, index. $24.95.)

Thomas Goodrich's Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy is a well-researched account of the events surrounding Lincoln's assassination. Like the best historical works, the book effectively weaves a deep and broad collection of sources into a unified narrative that smoothly propels readers along the path of events from the fall of Richmond in April 1865 to the commitment of Mary Todd Lincoln in May 1875. Goodrich, in sum, is as effective a storyteller as he is an historical researcher. . . .
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