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A Finger in Lincoln's Brain - What Modern Science Reveals about Lincoln, His Assassination, and Its Aftermath (Hardcover):... A Finger in Lincoln's Brain - What Modern Science Reveals about Lincoln, His Assassination, and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
E.Lawrence Abel
R1,989 Discovery Miles 19 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This intriguing book examines Lincoln's assassination from a behavioral and medical sciences perspective, providing new insights into everything from ballistics and forensics to the medical intervention to save his life, the autopsy results, his compromised embalming, and the final odyssey of his bodily remains. In this book, E. Lawrence Abel sheds much-needed light on the fascinating details surrounding the death of Abraham Lincoln, including John Wilkes Booth's illness that turned him into an assassin, the medical treatment the president is alleged to have received after he was shot, and the significance of his funeral for the American public. The author provides an in-depth analysis of the science behind the assassination, a discussion of the medical care Lincoln received at the time he was shot and the treatment he would have received if he were shot today, and the impact of his death on his contemporaries and the American public. The book examines Lincoln's fatalism and his unbridled ambition in terms of empirical psychological science rather than the fanciful psychoanalytical explanations that often characterize Lincoln psychohistories. The medical chapters challenge the long-standing description of Lincoln's last hours and examine the debate about whether Lincoln's doctors inadvertently doomed him. Challenges the long-standing account of Lincoln's last hours and examines the debate about whether his doctor prolonged or shortened his life Sheds light on the crime with an in-depth analysis of ballistics and detailed forensics information Features a new interpretation of why Booth shot Lincoln

Crimes of the Civil War, and Curse of the Funding System (Hardcover): Henry Clay Dean Crimes of the Civil War, and Curse of the Funding System (Hardcover)
Henry Clay Dean
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lincoln on the Verge - Thirteen Days to Washington (Paperback): Ted Widmer Lincoln on the Verge - Thirteen Days to Washington (Paperback)
Ted Widmer
R689 R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Save R40 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE "A Lincoln classic...superb." -The Washington Post "A book for our time."-Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America's greatest president discovering his own strength to save the Republic. As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration-an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent. Lincoln on the Verge charts these pivotal thirteen days of travel, as Lincoln discovers his power, speaks directly to the public, and sees his country up close. Drawing on new research, this riveting account reveals the president-elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, as he foils an assassination attempt, forges an unbreakable bond with the American people, and overcomes formidable obstacles in order to take his oath of office.

Confederate General Stephen Elliott - Beaufort Legend, Charleston Hero (Paperback): D Michael Thomas Confederate General Stephen Elliott - Beaufort Legend, Charleston Hero (Paperback)
D Michael Thomas; Foreword by Neil Baxley - Historian
R587 R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback): Megan Kate Nelson Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback)
Megan Kate Nelson
R467 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek - Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864 (Hardcover): Robert D Jenkins Sr The Battle of Peach Tree Creek - Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864 (Hardcover)
Robert D Jenkins Sr
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Battle of Peach Tree Creek marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy, for it turned the page from the patient defence displayed by General Joseph E. Johnston to the bold offense called upon by his replacement, General John Bell Hood. Until this point in the campaign, the Confederates had fought primarily in the defensive from behind earthworks, forcing Federal commander William T. Sherman to either assault fortified lines, or go around them in flanking moves. At Peach Tree Creek, the roles would be reversed for the first time, as Southerners charged Yankee lines. The Gate City, as Atlanta has been called, was in many ways the capstone to the Confederacy's growing military-industrial complex and was the transportation hub of the fledgling nation. For the South it had to be held. For the North it had to be taken. With General Johnston removed for failing to parry the Yankee thrust into Georgia, the fate of Atlanta and the Confederacy now rested on the shoulders of thirty-three-year-old Hood, whose body had been torn by the war. Peach Tree Creek was the first of three battles in eight days in which Hood led the Confederate Army to desperate, but unsuccessful, attempts to repel the Federals encircling Atlanta. This particular battle started the South on a downward spiral from which she would never recover. After Peach Tree Creek and its companion battles for Atlanta, the clear-hearing Southerner could hear the death throes of the Confederacy. It was the first nail in the coffin of Atlanta and Dixie.

The Life and Services of Major General George H. Thomas (Hardcover): Kniffin G. C The Life and Services of Major General George H. Thomas (Hardcover)
Kniffin G. C
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Journey - Lineage, Legacy, Pride and Change (Hardcover, Volume 1 ed.): Gregory J Ewing American Journey - Lineage, Legacy, Pride and Change (Hardcover, Volume 1 ed.)
Gregory J Ewing
R805 R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Save R83 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Loki; the Life of Charles Proteus Steinmetz (Hardcover): Jonathan Norton 1903-1975 Leonard Loki; the Life of Charles Proteus Steinmetz (Hardcover)
Jonathan Norton 1903-1975 Leonard
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lincoln and the Fight for Peace (Paperback): John Avlon Lincoln and the Fight for Peace (Paperback)
John Avlon
R482 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Knowed not i'sa free - African American live slave recordings before emancipation through death. (Hardcover): Gregory G... I Knowed not i'sa free - African American live slave recordings before emancipation through death. (Hardcover)
Gregory G Newson
R751 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R51 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shot and Shell - the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment in the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Camps, Forts, Batteries,... Shot and Shell - the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment in the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Camps, Forts, Batteries, Garrisons, Marches, Shirmished, Sieges, Battles, and Victories; Also, the Roll of Honor and Roll of the Regiment.. (Hardcover)
Frederic 1819-1901 Denison
R976 Discovery Miles 9 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, During Three Years and a Half of Service in North Carolina.... History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, During Three Years and a Half of Service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865 - 1 (Hardcover)
United States Army Rhode Island Art; John K Burlingame
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the war on the South 1861-1865 (Hardcover): George Edmonds Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the war on the South 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
George Edmonds
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jefferson Davis - High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government (Hardcover): James Ronald Kennedy, Walter Donald... Jefferson Davis - High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government (Hardcover)
James Ronald Kennedy, Walter Donald Kennedy
R1,017 R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Save R95 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Twentieth Connecticut (Hardcover): John Whiting Storrs The Twentieth Connecticut (Hardcover)
John Whiting Storrs
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Alemeth - The Real People and Events: Including the Civil War Letters of John Alemeth Byers (Hardcover): Joseph W Carvin Alemeth - The Real People and Events: Including the Civil War Letters of John Alemeth Byers (Hardcover)
Joseph W Carvin
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan General United States Army (Hardcover): Sheridan Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan General United States Army (Hardcover)
Sheridan
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Wild Woman of Cincinnati - Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War (Hardcover): Michael D Pierson The Wild Woman of Cincinnati - Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War (Hardcover)
Michael D Pierson
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Popular entertainment in antebellum Cincinnati ran the gamut from high culture to shows barely above the level of the tawdry. Among the options for those seeking entertainment in the summer of 1856 was the display of a "Wild Woman," purportedly a young woman captured while living a feral life beyond the frontier. The popular exhibit, which featured a silent, underdressed woman chained to a bed, was almost assuredly a hoax. Local activist women, however, used their influence to prompt a judge to investigate the display. The court employed eleven doctors, who forcibly subdued and examined the woman before advising that she be admitted to an insane asylum. In his riveting analysis of this remarkable episode in antebellum American history, Michael D. Pierson describes how people in different political parties and sections of the country reacted to the exhibit. Specifically, he uses the lens of the Wild Woman display to explore the growing cultural divisions between the North and the South in 1856, especially the differing gender ideologies of the northern Republican Party and the more southern focused Democrats. In addition, Pierson shows how the treatment of the Wild Woman of Cincinnati prompted an increasing demand for women's political and social empowerment at a time when the country allowed for the display of a captive female without evidence that she had granted consent.

Heavy Guns and Light - A History of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery (Hardcover): Hyland Clare Kirk Heavy Guns and Light - A History of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery (Hardcover)
Hyland Clare Kirk
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Herndon's Lincoln - The True Story Of A Great Life (Hardcover): William Henry Herndon Herndon's Lincoln - The True Story Of A Great Life (Hardcover)
William Henry Herndon; Created by Jesse William Weik
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) Expedition, December, 1862 (Hardcover): W W New York Publisher Howe Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) Expedition, December, 1862 (Hardcover)
W W New York Publisher Howe
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sounding Forth the Trumpet - 1837-1860 (Paperback, Repackaged ed.): Peter Marshall, David Manuel Sounding Forth the Trumpet - 1837-1860 (Paperback, Repackaged ed.)
Peter Marshall, David Manuel
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sounding Forth the Trumpet brings to life one of the most crucial epochs in America's history--the events leading up to and precipitating the Civil War. In this enlightening book, readers live through the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, the skirmishes of Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the tragic issue of slavery.

Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest (Hardcover): John Allan Wyeth Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest (Hardcover)
John Allan Wyeth
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Four Accounts of Terry's Texas Rangers - the 8th Texas Cavalry, Confederate Army During the American Civil War-The Life... Four Accounts of Terry's Texas Rangers - the 8th Texas Cavalry, Confederate Army During the American Civil War-The Life Record of H. W. Graber by H. W. Graber, Terry's Texas Rangers by L. B. Giles, Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers by J. K. P. Blackburn & Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd by Ephraim (Hardcover)
H W Graber, L. B Giles, J. K. P. Blackburn
R956 Discovery Miles 9 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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