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(No. 7362 )  Crook, William H[enry]. (1839-1915), compiled and edited by 
Margarita Spalding Gerry. THROUGH FIVE ADMINISTRATIONS: REMINISCENCES OF 
COLONEL WILLIAM H. CROOK, BODY-GUARD TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First printing, Full cloth, 
Octavo, [viii], 280 pages, black & white photographic plates. Fine.
      Colonel Crook's personal recollections of Presidents Lincoln, Johnson, 
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur. Of particular interest are his anecdotes 
about Lincoln, which comprise 79 pages. Crook was one of four plain-clothes 
Washington policemen assigned to guard Lincoln in the last months of his 
life and accompanied the President on many of his nightly walks to the 
telegraph office at the War Department. Crook's account of Lincoln saying 
"Good-bye, Crook" on the night of his murder instantly entered the folklore 
of the assassination and is often quoted by historians. "It startled me," 
says Crook. "As far as I remember he had never said anything but 
'Good-night, Crook,' before." (pp. 67-68). Crook also here levels the charge 
of dereliction of duty at fellow guard John F. Parker who was with Lincoln 
at Ford's Theatre. MONAGHAN #1918. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with 
gilt stamped spine and upper board, top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded 
frontispiece profile of Lincoln photographed by Matthew Brady. Just slight 
extremity rubs. Binding straight and sound, no hinge cracks. Contemporary 
prior owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper.    $100.00
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