[Rarebooks] fs: Alias Paine - biography of Lincoln conspirator

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 7047 )  Ownsbey, Betty J. ALIAS "PAINE": LEWIS THORNTON POWELL, THE 
MYSTERY MAN OF THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, (1993). Full cloth, 
Octavo, xiv, 233 pages, black & white photographs, illus.. Fine, Issued 
without dustjacket.
      The definitive biography of the 20-year-old Confederate operative who 
attempted to murder Secretary of State Seward as Booth shot Lincoln. 
Thorough research of elusive primary sources fleshes out Powell's family 
history, his military service under Col. John S. Mosby, the question of his 
recruitment for Confederate clandestine operations against the Lincoln 
administration, his ultimate role in the conspiracy, his trial and 
execution, etc. Fills a significant gap in the history of the Lincoln 
assassination. Good bibliography, reproductions of some rare photographs. 
Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine and upper board 
lettering. Clean and tight. No prior ownership marks....... $65.00
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