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Languages : en
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The fringe is from the night Lincoln was shot. It is made of thread.
Fringe From Flag of Presidential Box in Ford's Theatre
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The fringe is from the night Lincoln was shot. It is made of thread.
Lincoln Herald
Author: Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination
Author: Thomas BogarPublisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 1621570835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford’s Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience surges into the streets chanting, “Burn the place down!” This is the untold story of Lincoln’s assassination: the forty-six stage hands, actors, and theater workers on hand for the bewildering events in the theater that night, and what each of them witnessed in the chaos-streaked hours before John Wilkes Booth was discovered to be the culprit. In Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination, historian Thomas A. Bogar delves into previously unpublished sources to tell the story of Lincoln’s assassination from behind the curtain, and the tale is shocking. Police rounded up and arrested dozens of innocent people, wasting time that allowed the real culprit to get further away. Some closely connected to John Wilkes Booth were not even questioned, while innocent witnesses were relentlessly pursued. Booth was more connected with the production than you might have known—learn how he knew each member of the cast and crew, which was a hotbed of secessionist resentment. Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination also tells the story of what happened to each of these witnesses to history, after the investigation was over—how each one lived their lives after seeing one of America’s greatest presidents shot dead without warning. Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination is an exquisitely detailed look at this famous event from an entirely new angle. It is must reading for anyone fascinated with the saga of Lincoln’s life and the Civil War era.
Our American Cousin
Author: Tom TaylorPublisher: BoD - Books on Demand
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Our American Cousin is a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play opened in London in 1858 but quickly made its way to the U.S. and premiered at Laura Keene’s Theatre in New York City later that year. It remained popular in the U.S. and England for the next several decades. Its most notable claim to fame, however, is that it was the play U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was watching on April 14, 1865 when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who used his knowledge of the script to shoot Lincoln during a more raucous scene. The play is a classic Victorian farce with a whole range of stereotyped characters, business, and many entrances and exits. The plot features a boorish but honest American cousin who travels to the aristocratic English countryside to claim his inheritance, and then quickly becomes swept up in the family’s affairs. An inevitable rescue of the family’s fortunes and of the various damsels in distress ensues. Our American Cousin was originally written as a farce for an English audience, with the laughs coming mostly at the expense of the naive American character. But after it moved to the U.S. it was eventually recast as a comedy where English caricatures like the pompous Lord Dundreary soon became the primary source of hilarity. This early version, published in 1869, contains fewer of that character’s nonsensical adages, which soon came to be known as “Dundrearyisms,” and for which the play eventually gained much of its popular appeal.
Time Out Washington D. C.
Author: Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9780140293975
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
For many visitors, Washington DC means two things: Government and the Smithsonian Institute. But while these are certainly among the most important faces of the city, there's much more to the capital of the USA. There has never been a better time to visit this often-underrated destination: a new president has taken control of the helm, traditionally rundown parts of the city are being regenerated, and trendy upscale new hotels, restaurants and shops are wising up and moving in. The second edition of the Time Out Guide to Washington includes the low-down on what to see and do in town, from the most-visited areas such as the Monumental Centre to the quaint streets of Georgetown to the trendy districts of Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan.
Autonomous Horizons
Author: Greg ZachariasPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781092834346
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Dr. Greg Zacharias, former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force (2015-18), explores next steps in autonomous systems (AS) development, fielding, and training. Rapid advances in AS development and artificial intelligence (AI) research will change how we think about machines, whether they are individual vehicle platforms or networked enterprises. The payoff will be considerable, affording the US military significant protection for aviators, greater effectiveness in employment, and unlimited opportunities for novel and disruptive concepts of operations. Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward identifies issues and makes recommendations for the Air Force to take full advantage of this transformational technology.
Small Wars Manual
Author: United States. Marine CorpsPublisher:
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Category : Guerrilla warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
After Appomattox
Author: Gregory P. DownsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674241622
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Civil War did not end with Confederate capitulation in 1865. A second phase commenced which lasted until 1871—not Reconstruction but genuine belligerency whose mission was to crush slavery and create civil and political rights for freed people. But as Gregory Downs shows, military occupation posed its own dilemmas, including near-anarchy.
Stage-coach and Tavern Days
Author: Alice Morse EarlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coaching (Transportation)
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Assassins
Author: Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People Theatre Archives (University of Guelph)Publisher:
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Category : Vocal music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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