[Rarebooks] fs: Bio of Boston Corbett, killer of John Wilkes Booth

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9996 )  [Johnson, Byron Berkeley]. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND BOSTON CORBETT, 
WITH PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF EACH; JOHN WILKES BOOTH AND JEFFERSON DAVIS, 
A TRUE STORY OF THEIR CAPTURE.
Waltham, MA: Byron Berkeley Johnson, 1914. First printing, Original cloth, 
Octavo, 71 pages, black and white photographic plates. Fine.
      Fascinating little book. Johnson knew both Lincoln and Boston Corbett 
(shooter of John Wilkes Booth). Johnson first met Lincoln at the Galesburg 
debate with Stephen Douglas in 1858, then saw him often during his 
presidency, and lived in sight of Ford's Theatre at the time of the 
assassination. Here are his personal recollections of Lincoln and the events 
surrounding his assassination. Johnson relates an incident wherein a 
neighbor's home is raided within hours of Lincoln's death and a concealed 
Confederate flag seized. There is detailed account of the shooting of John 
Wilkes Booth by Boston Corbett and a description of Edwin Stanton's 
questioning of Corbett regarding same. Johnson is able to describe the 
latter because he was one of the few people present. Here is as much 
biographical information on Corbett, both before and after shooting Booth, 
as one is likely to find, including his May, 1865 letter recounting his 
capture and imprisonment at Andersonville and other incidents. To conclude 
the book, Johnson sorts out the many stories of the capture of Jefferson 
Davis, debunking the version in which Davis dons his wife's dress in an 
attempt to flee. MONAGHAN #2149; HOUMES p. 47. Bound in dark blue cloth over 
boards with upper board titled in gilt surrounded by a gilt-stamped shield. 
An exceptionally nice copy with just the slightest rubs to spine ends and 
fore corner tips....... $325.00
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