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| Posted: Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 08:19 pm |
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pamc153PA Member
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I just finished American Brutus today, and I was left feeling like I wanted to read more, but something of the same caliber! One thing I really did not get a good bead on even by the end was what role Mrs. Surrat REALLY played in the plot. At the "trial" they referred to her and the "mother of the plot," but based on all the facts, I actually found her to be the LEAST involved of the major players. So did many people, apparently. There were inquiries about her sentence of death and why Johnson didn't put a stay on it, for years afterward. My question is one that maybe hasn't been fully answered even now: what role DID Mrs. Surrat play in the whole Booth plot? Pam
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| Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 12:25 am |
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susansweet Member 
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Pam there is a new book out of Mary Surrat . I have not read it yet but the Drum book discussiong group is going to be reading it sometime this year. The Assassin’s Accomplice Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln Kate Larson susan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 12:34 am |
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ole Member 
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To me, it's unimportant how or when Booth broke his leg. It was broken. It makes an interesting part of the story, but how he broke it is hardly material. ole
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| Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 01:23 am |
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CleburneFan Member 
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Ole, I totally agree with you on this one. Neither of the two scenarios is particularly exciting. I guess I wouldn't make a highly accomplished historian because I don't care that much how he fractured that bone, but more about how the injury impacted his ability to escape. That said, I find the way Booth died of great interest. Did he have a mortal injury or could he have been saved somehow if he had received immediate, effective care? And would saving him have served any real purpose anyway, because he most certainly would have been hung if he had survived his wound? Another question that puzzles me too is the true extent of involvement in the plot of the much maligned Dr. Mudd. Was he unfairly targeted and imprisoned at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas or did he deserve that incarceration?
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| Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 03:13 am |
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ole Member
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Another question that puzzles me too is the true extent of involvement in the plot of the much maligned Dr. Mudd. Was he unfairly targeted and imprisoned at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas or did he deserve that incarceration? Oh, YES! That gets to me as well. How Booth acquired that bone-break has nothing to do with Dr. Mudd! In there, we have a discussion. ole
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