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100 1  Larson, Kate Clifford. 
245 14 The assassin's accomplice :|bMary Surratt and the plot to 
       kill Abraham Lincoln /|cKate Clifford Larson. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    xix, 263 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  "Devoted body and soul to the cause" -- Creating a life, 
       building the nest -- Rebels, spies, and couriers -- Keeper
       of the nest -- The assassin's accomplice -- A shrewd 
       witness -- The "materfamilias" of the criminals -- The 
       case for the defense -- The verdict : swift and deadly -- 
       Scenes at the scaffold -- American tragedy or American 
       justice? 
520    The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind 
       the assassination of Abraham Lincoln--and the first woman 
       executed by the federal government. Surratt, a Confederate
       sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where 
       the conspirators, including her rebel son, John Surratt, 
       met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal 
       convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, 
       five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew
       Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and 
       age. Unmoved, Johnson refused--Surratt, he said, "kept the
       nest that hatched the egg." Historian Larson tells the 
       intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes
       of its only female participant. Based on long-lost 
       interviews, confessions, and court testimony, the text 
       explores how Mary's actions defied nineteenth-century 
       norms of femininity, piety, and motherhood, leaving her 
       vulnerable to a punishment historically reserved for men.-
       -From publisher description. 
600 10 Surratt, Mary E.|q(Mary Eugenia),|d1820-1865. 
600 10 Lincoln, Abraham,|d1809-1865|xAssassination. 
650  0 Conspiracies|zWashington (D.C.) 
650  0 Trials (Assassination)|zWashington (D.C.) 
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