The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

Contents

vii CONTENTS Preface ix PART I Prologue: The Omen 3 1. Three Electric Words 9 2. The White City 13 3. The Last Man 17 4. Star of Glory 23 5. The President and the Player 31 6. Sic Semper Tyrannis 39 7. Towards an Indefinite Shore 45 8. The Clown and the Sphinx 51 9. One Bold Man 57 PART II 10. A Night to Remember 83 11. Terror on Lafayette Park 91 12. The Last Bullet 95 13. Murder in the Streets 105 14. A Spirit So Horrible 113 15. The Darkest Dawn 117 16. Hemp and Hell 129 17. This Sobbing Day 141 viii 18. Black Easter 151 19. A Double Disaster 157 20. In Dungeons Dreadful 167 21. The Wrath of God and Man 173 22. The Curse of Cain 179 23. The Mid-week Sabbath 187 24. Oh! Abraham Lincoln! 195 25. The Fox and the Hounds 201 26. Blade of Fate 209 27. The Bad Hand 217 28. The Hate of Hate 225 29. The Heart of Israel 231 30. Dust to Dust 239 PART III 31. Old Scores 247 32. The Living Dead 259 33. The Most Dreadful Fate 267 34. Beads on a String 275 Epilogue: The Haunted Stage 289 Acknowledgments 299 Notes 301 Bibliography 343 Index 357 ...