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The Greatest Manhunt in American History
For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit. Get a taste of the daily drama from this timeline of the desperate search.
| April 14, 1865 |
Around noon, Booth learns that Lincoln is coming to Ford's Theatre that night. He has eight hours to prepare his plan.
10:15 pm: Booth shoots the president, leaps to the stage, and escapes on a waiting horse.
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton orders the manhunt to begin. |
| April 15 |
About 4:00 am: Booth seeks treatment for a broken leg at Dr. Samuel Mudd's farm near Beantown, Maryland. Cavalry patrol heads south toward Mudd farm.
Confederate operative Thomas Jones hides Booth in a remote pine thicket for five days, frustrating the manhunters. |
| April 19 |
Tens of thousands watch the procession to the U.S. Capitol, where President Lincoln lies in state. Wild rumors and stories of false sightings of Booth spread. | |
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| April 20 |
Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the assassins, and threatens death to any citizen who helps them.
After hiding Booth in Maryland, Jones puts him in a rowboat on the Potomac River, bound for Virginia. More than a thousand manhunters are still searching in Maryland. In the dark, Booth rows the wrong way and first ends up back in Maryland. |
| April 20-24 |
Booth lands in the northern neck of Virginia, and Confederate agents and sympathizers guide him to Port Conway, Virginia. |
| April 24 |
Booth befriends three Confederate soldiers who help him cross the Rappahannock River to Port Royal and then guide him further southwest to the Garrett farm.
Union troops in Washington receive a report of a Booth sighting. They board a U.S. Navy tug and steam south, right past Booth's hideout at the Garrett farm. |
| April 25 |
The 16th New York Calvary, realizing their error, turns around and surrounds the Garrett farm after midnight that night. | |
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| April 26 |
When Booth refuses to surrender, troops set the barn on fire, and Boston Corbett shoots the assassin. Booth dies a few hours later, at sunrise. |
| April 26-27 |
Booth's body is brought back to Washington, where it is autopsied, photographed, and buried in a secret grave. | |
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Book Description
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.
Customer Reviews:
a great read... i was there!!.......2007-09-29
I have not read many books lately and have just started to get back to it. Manhunt was the latest book I read and it was AMAZING!! The vivid descriptions put you everywhere John W Booth and his cohorts are and makes for a fascinating depiction of history.
Brings history to life..........2007-09-14
I enjoy nonfiction books that read like novels, and James L. Swanson's Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer provides a dose of history in an enjoyable format.
Manhunt didn't include much information about the assassination that I didn't already know. But I did learn quite a bit about the 12-day pursuit of John Wilkes Booth and the hunt for his conspirators, as well as some other assassination trivia. It was especially interesting in that my husband and I often travel this same path through Maryland and Virginia when driving south. We pass right by the historic marker near the Garrett house barn (where Booth was captured and killed), although we've never stopped to see the actual location.
Swanson does a commendable job of bringing the complex Booth to life. The author describes him as "impossibly vain, preening, emotionally flamboyant, possessed of raw talent and splendid elan." Yet, this handsome and charismatic actor was willing to sacrifice everything for "his cause." After the assassination, he was stunned and enraged to discover that his acts not only met with outrage, but also, made Lincoln a martyr. I was surprised to learn that on April 16, 1865, CSA Lt. General R. S. Ewell sent Secretary of War Stanton a letter that was cosigned by 16 other Confederate generals. In the letter, Ewell wrote of their "unqualified abhorrence and indignation" at Lincoln's killing. He claimed that they were shocked by this appalling crime and that Southern men "are not assassins" nor their "allies."
Manhunt has a good number of pictures, drawings, maps and photographs related to the assassination. He also includes an excellent Epilogue where he tells the "story after the story." Swanson also provides a poignant description of the events of that time. When Lincoln died at the Peterson house, a "crude, improvised coffin" was brought to transport his body back to the White House. The people in the street were upset. "The box looked like a shipping crate, not a proper coffin for a head of state. Lincoln would not have minded. He was always a man of simple tastes. This was the plain, roughly hewn coffin of a rail-splitter."
After reading Manhunt, I intend on reading an earlier work that Swanson co-wrote called Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trail and Execution.
What a book..........2007-09-04
I bought this book for a teachers gift, he loves Lincoln and that whole period of our country's life. He said the book is one of the best he's ever read on the subject.
Well written, a quick read........2007-09-03
As a person who's read quite a bit on Lincoln and his assination, I figured I should finally get around to this text. I've been telling people for years that Dr. Samuel Mudd's family lobbied for years to get Mudd's name cleared--that he was simply a physician treating a patient with a broken leg. A colleague of mine suggested that this book denies that. It does, indeed.
I read a lot but am a slower reader than I'd like. So I like a book (1) that doesn't have microscopic print and (2) keeps me interested. This qualified on both counts. I don't mean it was large print, like a children's book. But it didn't have so much detail that I could maybe win a trivia contest but be none the wiser.
In fact, one item that I liked most was that Thomas Jones apparently kept Booth and his accomplice, Davey Herold, in a pine thicket for something like four days and five nights. Jones was freed of any responsibility for harboring perhaps the most wanted man in the US for those 12 days, but told the truth some years later. (When he was selling a book admitting to that, he was apparently attacked by some Union veterans!)
Among the things I liked too about the book was the admission by the author that Lincoln was not particularly popular at the time of his assination. Indeed, Booth was discouraged after the assasination that he'd created a martyr there there might not have been one.
Another thing I liked about the structure of the book is that the author ended with a kind of "where are they now," or what happened to the actors in the "drama." That's where I learned of the Jones story, for example.
What I didn't like about the book was the speculation the author did on what was going on in Booth's mind while he was in the Garret barn where he was eventually shot. I'm conscious of that ever since a good friend and former boss and I talked about a book years ago in which he accused I think it was Halberstram of doing that. "How could he know was was going on in [so-and-so]'s mind?" he asked. Of course he can guess, but then such speculation needed to be stated as such.
I must confess too that I almost downgraded the review by one star too because of what I saw in the book's acknowledgements. You see, Swanson thanked is friends "at the Heritage Foundation." What's the matter with that? Well, Heritage is extremely ideological. (I know, for, among other reasons, I have a distant cousin who works there.) How would one have felt after reading such a book if the author had said, "Many thanks to all my buddies at the Communist Party." It might make you want to find another more credible book because that party tends to be ideological. Heritage may be the other side of the political spectrum but is no less ideological, so it made me wonder about the author's motives and objectivity. But, despite Heritage, I found the book worth reading and, yes, difficult to put down. So, over and above the Booth speculation, I recommend it.
Engrossing....Engaging...........2007-08-12
A thrilling page-turner! Even though the ending is known to all you'll find this book keeps you more than a little interested and at the edge of your seat. I found myself having to put the book down to grieve for Lincoln's death, but at the same time unable to put the book down because it's was so captivating, all the while savoring each page!
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The history of Western civilization has been harshly punctuated with assassinations of political leaders, religious figures, and celebrities. Assassinations-with the help of new and fascinating research-tells the true stories of the most notorious of these assassinations as well as attempted assassinations. Illustrated with photographs, newspaper clippings, diagrams, and other archival artifacts, the book chronicles 2,500 years of these infamous deeds. The foreword is written by James and Sarah Brady. James Brady, former White House press secretary and assistant to President Ronald Reagan, was seriously wounded in the attempted assassination of the President.
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, twelve-day chase from the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, Americas notorious villain. A confederate sympathizer and member of a celebrated acting family, Booth threw away his fame, wealth, and promise for a chance to avenge the Souths defeat. For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying the justice they sought.
Manhunt is a fully documented work, but it is also a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as youve never read it before.
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Manhunt CD:The 12-day Chase for Lincoln's Killer.......2007-01-12
Hard to believe that a story so well known to every American school child can be so riveting. Historically entertaining and educationally engaging this CD is a must listen.
Exciting.......2006-10-02
From the opening minute until the closing segment of this audio book is one that will keep your interest. The author writes a story that makes you feel like he was really there observing the entire adventure. Richard Thomas who is the narrator adds great depth to the story by his wonderful reading voice. In addition, this story is a great way to learn a little history of the Civil War time period while enjoying the audio book.
Great Story--Keeps you rivited even though you know the outcome!.......2006-04-24
You'll learn many fascinating facts about the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln (and others) in this fast-paced, well written book. From Dr. Mudd's actual involvement with Booth, to the escape route, to Secretary of War Stanton's actions after the death of Lincoln.
A must for non-fiction readers.
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Give it a pass.......2007-09-06
I can practically read anything on the Mafia . . . except this book. I could barely finish it. It was so boring. The first 50 pages were good. It was actually focused on late Louisiana Mafia boss Carlos Marcello. Then, it happened. Nonstop writing on the assassination of President Kennedy. Again, it is nonstop and the author continually asks the reader questions that I don't think he ever conclusively answered. (By the way, I have never seen some many questions presented to the reader before in ANY book; my guess would be a couple hundred questions the author poses to his readers.)
I swear about 500 pages is just going over the same points in the assassination again and again. Oswald knew this guy. This guy knew this guy. Jack Ruby knew this guy. All these connections go back to the Marcello organization. I GET IT! ENOUGH!
You read about a page and half on Marcello and you think, yes, he's finally back on track. He's actually writing about Marcello now. But no, all of the sudden it gets back to the Kennedy Assassination. I have rarely rolled by eyes while reading a book except for this one -- and I am continually rolling my eyes. Not because the author states that Marcello was probably involved in the Kennedy Assassination, but because he has to hammer his points over and over again and again (nonstop).
Now, if you are looking for a book on the Kennedy Assassination, you got it here. But if you are looking for a book about Carlos Marcello, then skip it because you are just going to get mad with the author barely touching on Marcello past the first 50 pages without his throwing in some Kennedy Assassination angle.
This should not be called "Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of President Kennedy." It should be called "The Assassination of President Kennedy: The Assassination and Some Mob Boss Named Carlos Marcello." Very little is about Carlos Marcello and his secretive organization. It's all about the Kennedy Assassination and Marcello's possible connection to it.
The last part of the book is on the FBI operations in the late 1970s that finally brought Carlos Marcello down. But it's only about 50 or so pages long, too. In short, there is maybe a hundred or so pages dealing with Carlos Marcello, and what you have left is the author trying to link the Marcello organization to the President's assassination, and nailing his one-tracked hammer on the same points time after time, page after page.
What a waste! Had this book been nearly 700 pages on Carlos Marcello and his organization it would have been perhaps one of the best, groundbreaking books on the underworld in the history of the American Mafia being there is very little actually known about the man and his organization other than the basics. Instead, we get a 100 pages on Marcello and 600 pages on his possible connection to the assassination of President Kennedy.
Sorry if I hammered my point over and over again about this book, but I was giving you a preview of what you will experience if you buy and read this book. As the mob would say, "Give it a pass."
Marcello vs. Kennedys........2007-03-16
This book is dated,but I'm not so sure that any other book on the subject is better.
Mr. Davis exposes the numerous links the Marcello family had to other key conspirators in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.Lee Harvey Oswald,Jack Ruby,and David Ferrie all knew each other and had Marcello family connections.
Another highlight of this book is the contrast of the New Orleans mafia and other families.They operated quite differently than say,the New York or Chicago mob.The culture of that area was much like Sicily.
Mr. Davis gives details on the extent of the corruption and political power enjoyed by Carlos Marcello.The transcripts of recorded conversations from the sting by the FBI reveal a lot regarding who was bought.Some major political figures are mentioned.
The details of Carlos Marcello's deportation clarify the animosity between the mafia and the Kennedy brothers.The egos on both sides of the law were factors in the eventual assassination.
The monumental part that J. Edgar Hoover played in the coverup and possible motivation for doing that are explained very well in this book.
In the end of the book Mr. Davis briefly covers some of the books that were contemporary with his.
The only thing he doesn't do is name the actual trigger men.
This book is available and inexpensive.It's a book I highly recommend for anyone wanting to study the assassination of JFK.
who killed the Kennedy's?.......2007-02-17
This book has been around for a few years but I've only read it recently.
The author, John H Davis, certainly convinces me that, regardless of who pulled the triggers, the shootings of John F Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were mob hits ordered by New Orleans mobster Carlos Marcello, while the truth was kept from the American public through the connivance of the FBI whose hands were far from clean.
The Kennedy's dared to bite the hands that fed them. John Kennedy used the Mafia in his rise to power & then not only turned his back on them but declared war on them with the assistance of Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
Robert Kennedy had a long history of failed attempts to deport Carlos Marcello which included kidnapping him & dumping him (literally) in a deserted backwater of Honduras. The Mafia & Marcello in particular hated the Kennedy's so intensely it was only a matter of time.
Consider this:
The unstable and unemployed Lee Harvey Oswald was a patsy of the Mafia & the FBI. Oswald's uncle & surrogate father Charles Murret, aka Dutz, was a bookmaker in Marcello's gambling operation in New Orleans. In the summer of 1963 Oswald who was living in Dallas came to his uncle for financial help & did not go away empty handed.
The FBI, headed by the megalomaniacal J Edgar Hoover, was so riddled with corruption itself by this time that any investigation done by them was bound to be a whitewash as it would expose the FBI's connections to the New Orleans underworld. Hoover had a long history of friendship with mob boss Frank Costello & stubbornly insisted that the Mafia did not exist. When presented with a report of the infamous crime conclave of 60 mafia heads in upstate New York in 1957, Hoover ordered all copies destroyed. When Robert Kennedy became Attorney General he identified organised crime -- not Communism -- to be the greatest menace to American society; he also earned Hoover's enmity by putting a stop to Hoover's hitherto direct access to the President's office, ordering Hoover to report instead to the attorney general, ie, him.
Jack Ruby, who has been portrayed as a Patriot distressed by the death of his idol, had underworld connections & was at that time suffering from terminal cancer. He owed large sums of money to certain Mafia figures & he executed Oswald to shut him up & to redeem his own Mafia debt. Ruby died in prison of cancer.
The Robert Kennedy assassination is murkier. It was blamed on Sirhan Sirhan, although there is evidence at least one other gun was used in the shooting. Sirhan perpetually owed gambling debts & often did odd jobs for low level crime figures. He hung around California race tracks whose betting operations were connected to Marcello; he also worked as a groom for horse ranch owner Desi Arnaz who was a known friend of LA mobster Mickey Cohen . Cohen's penchant was for secretly filming movie stars in sex setups & blackmailing them - Lana Turner & Marilyn Monroe were victims. Jack Ruby and Mickey Cohen were old friends too: it was all one big extended family
There is evidence suggesting Robert Kennedy's real killer was Thane Cesar, the security guard who escorted Kennedy through the hotel kitchen where he was shot. Cesar was not the hotel's usual security guard; he was temporarily hired to fill in for the day of June 5; he had strong ties to a San Diego mobster (later imprisoned for skimming race-track revenues) & associate of Mickey Cohen. The Ambassador Hotel was partly owned by investors connected with organised crime. Not long after the shooting, the Hotel's director of security disappeared.
The Kennedy brothers were undoubtedly touched with greatness and vision, but with such flaws of character and judgement and hubris that it brought their downfall. Meanwhile the public has been content to be fed a load of crap rather than have the Kennedy name & legacy tarnished. False gods usually have feet of clay.
Oswald, Ferrie, and Marcello: 3 Can Keep a Secret if 2 are Dead.......2006-11-12
I would recommend this book to anyone familiar with the political history of New Orleans and Louisiana in general. A fine book to discuss while having dinner at Mosca's or La Louisiane or somewhere like that. For those of you who know nothing at all about New Orleans, don't bother with this book, because you will never understand it. You almost have to be from Louisiana to understand this book at all. If you're not, go ahead and learn about the history of New Orleans, especially in the twentieth century, before attempting to understand this book. Davis is pretty much right on the money with his writing, though. A nice investigation of the CIA-Mafia alliance that once existed. Also includes a nice look at other wiseguys like Trafficante, Costello, Hoffa, etc... A very good read.
Can't Live with Him, Can't Live without Him........2006-01-27
I have, for a long time been very interested in the history of America's oldest Mafia Family. I have, however, had a very difficult time finding reliable information about the history and activities of the New Orleans Combine. Mr. Davis published this book after sifting through literally thousands of pages of government files. While I imagine that this would confuse anyone, Mr. Davis seems to have entirely lost his grip on reality. The idea that the JFK assaination was the result of a conspiracy is taken for granted in his book rather than questioned. I repeatedly found myself very annoyed by his tendency to pontificate about his JFK conspiracy theories when the story I REALLY wanted to hear, the rise and fall of the New Orleans Combine, was thrown by the wayside. On the other hand, there is no where else that the reader can go to find accounts of Carlos Marcello's rise and fall unless one is willing to slog through trial transcripts and government wiretaps. I did enjoy the section on Operation BRILAB, the FBI sting that brought him down. Marcello boasted about which politicians were gambling at his casinos, sleeping with his prostitutes, and acting as co-conspirators in his criminal activities. But a lot of information has come out since this book was published, including wiretaps of Marcello griping to his Dallas Underboss about the accusations of his involvement in the JFK assassination. "Yeah," said the Underboss, "You wouldn't know Jack Ruby if the [expletive] were to uh, walk into your room." One thing is clear as far as the assassination is concerned; Marcello screamed and howled about the Kennedys, but when JFK was murdered, he was just as devastated as the rest of America. Mr. Davis just needs to get his facts straight.
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Four pages into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra--the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso-Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored--can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Forget the byzantine complications of the plot to follow: Lee Chagra dies two pages later, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter.
Cartwright tells the story of the Chagra brothers, Lee and Joe, as they get mixed up with the drug-running community along the border and in short order find themselves hopelessly entangled in a net cast by the DEA. Even readers unfamiliar with the well-publicized events of the book or of the dark, lawless aspect that often rules El Paso will find themselves pulled along by the plot: brigands and intrigue leap from almost every page, and the story just gets wilder the further into it you venture.
Cartwright's undisguised distaste for certain law officials and agencies is sure to irk some readers; however, his ultimate ability to tell a good story should make Dirty Dealing palatable to even the most stalwart law-and-order types. --Tjames Madison
Book Description
nonfiction, drug smuggling on US/Mexican border
Customer Reviews:
Best book ever on American cocaine and marijuana smugglers.......2007-02-18
The true story of the Chagra brothers drug smuggling empire and high rolling gambling is an American classic. It is so engrossing that if you read the first page you will be hooked! ElPaso, Las Vegas, the murder of a powerful federal judge, sex, drugs, movie stars, gambling for extremely high stakes ... it has everything.
not worth 50 cents I paid for it used.......2006-11-23
I've read a lot of true crime books and the best ones take the reader through the mystery and ultimate solving of the crime in question.
Most authors of true crime books realize that they are dealing with criminals, police, and prosecutors and they walk a fine line in trying to tell a story of a crime that has in some unique way become interesting enough to the general public to warrant a book being written.
The author of this book, while going through the facts of these criminals lives and their crimes, from the first page on, glorifies these criminals and their murders and lifestyles. The facts of the crime(s) are secondary in this book to presenting these criminals as heroes because they have used the vast amounts of drug money to become vastly richer then they otherwise would ever become.
In every single page of this book the criminals get the "good" adjectives describing these dope dealers and murderers as "robin hood" types and the judges and the prosecutors get the uncomplimentary words to describe them.
According to the way this author portrays the people who murder and bring drugs into our society they are the good guys and the people who try to put them in prison, to keep them away from our society and children, are the bumbling fools always making mistakes and letting the "good guy criminals" go free.
This author has a chance to present a more fair-sided book but instead opted to glorify the criminals and their drug crimes.
If you don't believe what I say about this author idolizing the dope dealing criminals and murderers, then buy this book and read the first 50 pages.
But don't waste your money and time and pay over 50 cents for it.
It Was All About Money.......2006-06-30
Like a Greek tragedy, the victims or players as some readers might want to call them, had no way out. All of them, good, bad, rich or poor, got entangled in a spiders' web of which they would never be able to get out.
To some of us, money is the source of all evil. To others money is a commodity, a need, a necessity. The more we have, the more we want, and the more we want, the deeper we get into the quagmire of bad and possibly even evil.
The author, Gary Cartwright, of "Dirty Dealings" does not aim a literary (literally speaking) shotgun at anyone in particular. He points the literary shotgun at everyone. Above all, he does not discriminate concerning the victims or players in the story. He tells it as it is; as it was; as it happened.
The arrogance and dictatorship of many leaves the reader with fear, dread, and apprehension due to the fact that those who were supposed to uphold the honest, honorable pillars of good and justice were just as bad as those they considered the bad seeds of a society. For sure, two wrong's can never make a right, and likewise, two right's can never make a wrong.
Mr. Gary Cartwright not only tells it like it was, but gives the reader an excellent background on the history and culture of city where the injustices by many---good, bad and evil-- took place.
I highly recommend for everyone, regardless of his or her stature in life, to read this book.
Eye Opener.......2006-01-05
The early history of El Paso (my birthplace) was very interesting to me. My family and I moved overseas when I was 4 years old, so I didn't have much opportunity to know about my home town. To make a long story short,I discovered when I was 27 yrs. old that my "Dad" was not my natural father. I was informed of this books existence in 2003 by a maternal Aunt. Upon reading it, when I turned to page 200 my jaw dropped. The resemblance I share with the picture of Joe Chagra was uncanny. My children had the same reaction. Because of the time line the possibility of Joe being my natural father is not realistic. The book made reference to Lee being a womanizer before he was married, and after. Upon receiving a picture of Lee's oldest daughter many months later (we're about the same age) and the strong resemblance to one another, some of my uncertainties regarding my parentage have been dispelled. I may never know the truth about my natural father, short of DNA testing, so this is as close as I may come. If not for your book Mr. Cartwright, I would probably still be at square one. My mother, also a native El Pasoan, refused to divulge any information to me, hence the almost 18 year seperation, not only for this reason. I hear that Jimmy was reunited with a daughter he never knew about while in prison, but alas it wasn't me. I'll bet she's slim, attractive, with creamy-coffee colored skin though.
An enjoyable read and almost fair to the real John Wood.......2004-12-14
Judge John Wood, whom my father and uncle, both now deceased trial lawyers, both had cases in front of, was one of the worst judges who ever walked the earth. He was a ruthless hack who enjoyed dealing in other people's misery. Wood's vicious sentencing cost the government tens of millions of dollars in prison expenses and destroyed the lives of many people who were not hardened criminals but people who made a mistake and were punished out of proportion to their crime.
My father and uncle had far too much respect for the law to have ever said it, but I will. Judge Wood's killing was bound to happen and it was no tragedy, no disgrace to the country. While I can't say that Charles Harrelson (or for the sake of argument whoever else may have shot Wood) was any kind of hero, and while I cannot advocate killing anyone as Wood was killed, sometimes bullies and tyrants are bound to be gunned down. Wood was both, and a lot of basically decent and law-abiding people acknowledged that in this case a bad thing had happened to a bad person. Indeed, Wood's lawful but vicious behavior was as damaging to society as those of any of his drug defendants
A similar case is in the news as an aging film actor of modest talents and careeer is accused of killing a woman who had had a long career of fraud and bunco schemes which victimized mostly elderly, lonely, and inoffensive, if pathetic, victims. How do we as a society react to such a situation? In both these cases, we have a clearly criminal homicide, and no one save hard-boiled anarchists would say that the killers involved 'did right': but only a fool or a hapless prosecutor forced to try the case would say that it was a truly heinous or uncalled-for act.
I njoyed many other aspects of the book as well, including discussions of Marty Houltin and his marijuana flying activities. I knew Houltin when I was a young student pilot and saw what he could do with a light airplane, particularly the awkward and slothful Piper Cherokee, that were almost beyond belief. Everyone, smuggler, lawman or pilot, who knew Houltin regarded him as possibly the finest lightplane pilot on earth, and he was generally very well liked by those who flew even though it was widely suspected he was at least complicit in stealing airplanes-the story was that he only stole planes that had full insurance and on more than one occasion stole and parted out or ditched insured airplanes whose owners had asked him to in order to get out from under a market albatross or hangar queen.
Overall, it's an interesting read.
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER
In God's Name has been at the top of the bestseller lists all over the world. It contains some of the most explosive and dramatic revelations ever published about the internal affairs of the Vatican.
During the late evening of September 28th or the early morning of September 29th, 1978, Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani, known as 'the smiling Pope' died only thirty-three days after his election.
David Yallop began his investigation into this death at the request of certain individuals resident in Vatican City who were disturbed by a cover-up of the true circumstances surrounding the discovery of the Pope's body. It is his conviction that murder was the fate of Albino Luciani and he presents his evidence in this enthralling book.
Over three years continual and exhaustive research, David Yallop uncovered a chain of corruption that linked leading figures in financial, criminal and clerical circles around the world in a conspiracy of awesome proportions. To this day, several years after its first publication (1984), the central questions raised in In God's Name remain unanswered and the frightening accusations still undisputed.
Customer Reviews:
Oh my god.......2007-08-24
Ever wonder who would benefit from the demise of the only progressive pope in recent memory? What a sinister world. I don't believe in evil, but if I did, it would be these people responsible for killing John Paul I a month after he became pope.
When the politicking that goes on when a pope is elected turns to murder.......2007-01-01
From 1978 to 1983, the Vatican's strategy was to suppress the memory of the liberal 33 day pope and the true circumstances of his mysterious death. Then in 1984, David Yallop's `In God's Name' did a riveting job in proving this pope was murdered. In 1985, the Vatican recruited clergy in several countries to write brief biographical sketches that painted him out to be a man who ignored the issues of his day and spent his life on his knees. Nothing could be further from the truth, as for twenty years as a bishop he had been a rampaging locomotive running about the Vatican, the courts and Parliament of Italy struggling for human rights for the oppressed; the reason he had risen to the papacy.
There have been several books written about this pope's unwitnessed death, of which I would give only two of them more than one star. Most of the others have been commissioned by the Vatican to spread the misconception that this man died of a heart attack. Only two of them tell the truth. This book and 'Murder in the Vatican' by Lucien Gregoire.
Whereas, no one is going to walk away from either of these books without the firm conviction this man was murdered. There is a difference. Yallop claims he was murdered because of his involvement in the Vatican Bank. Gregoire presents compelling proof that two Opus Dei bishops, who later rose to high rank, masterminded the murders of John Paul and his six closest friends in the fall of 1978. He answers the question, Did his struggle for planned parenthood, the remarried, women, [...] and others cost him his life? Yet, the credit goes to Yallop, for had he not written his book, Gregoire would have never written his book.
Expository.......2006-06-29
This is one of the most expository and investigative literature I have read. I appreciate the importance of the information supplied in the text.
Many would say it ridiculed the palpacy and its church. I would say, 'it delved into the evils that exist in the heart of the church.'
I can wait to read about any rival book that will touch the deeply on the goodness that exist in the mind of the church.
Death of a Great Man.......2006-05-06
Albino Luciani was elected Pope and chose to be Pope John Paul the First. Not only becoming the first double name in the history, but also appended the first to it. He was known as the "Smiling Pope" and though his reign was the second shortest in history, only 33 days, he was loved the world over. This wonderful Pastor would have taken the Church back to its Gospel roots where it belongs. He was truly a Man of God. And you could see from his 33 days as Pope that he would have been the greatest Pope ever in the eyes the world.
This book builds a very good case showing that Pope John Paul I was murdered, as many has always thought. It also exposes the corruption both within the Vatican and in the Diocese of Chicago during the years covered. All his research show ties between the Vatican, the Mafia and the Freemasons tied to financial corruption. Documented proof is uncovered and other governments have tired to act on them, but they are blocked by the Curia according to the book.
The author actually names those involved in the illegal and immoral acts and their motives and opportunity to have Pope John Paul I killed. It is no coincidence that the Pope was killed the evening before he was going to clean house. Though I was surprised by how obvious the cover-up and lies were. I highly recommend this book.
a comparison of similar books.......2005-08-06
"In God's Name" gets the prize as the most professionally written book about the mysterious death of John Paul I. Its limitation is that it restricts its investigation to the Great Vatican Bank Scandal - yet, there is much more than just that. Although a work of fiction, Yallop does such a riveting job of telling his tale that one is left with the convinction that everything he has to say actually happened - the mark of a great writer. If one wants the facts about the Great Vatican Bank Scandal turn to "Pontiff' If one wants the most comprehensive published record of all of the known facts surrounding the mysterious death of this good man turn to "Murder in the Vatican" by Lucien Gregoire. The latter is also the only existing biography of this Pope - of his struggles as an impoverished child - as a revolutionary priest as an outspoken bishop - and as a compassionate cardinal. It is written by a man who spent much time with this Pope. If one wants the Vatican's opinion of what happened, John Cornwell's "A Thief in the Night" is the obvious choice. Commissioned by the Vatican it is written by a world-reknown journalist. Regardless, don't pass up "In God's Name."
Customer Reviews:
disinformation.......2007-07-31
Perfect example of disinformation and subterfuge to mask the obvious. How many writers have been on the take from the cia in the past and present. No, how stupid to think that those in power would do such a thing. Follow this guys history and see where he's been. This guy has done no research, he just rehashes and totes the offical line with some disagreement thrown in for cover. He shows up at every forum on the NET where there is any discussion of facts that may not side with governments story line and automatically starts with the conspiracy theorist are blind and i.e. stupid. In other words, this is the truth and you must believe it. Sounds like religious dogma except this is the officially sanctioned dogma of certain parties in the gov. and power elite. Don't worry though because it will never be proven to the brainwashed masses that elected bush (the same who's dad was miami station chief for the cia), as long as they are still alive and maybe never. To many people have taken the koolaid.
Probably the basics are reality.......2007-07-22
Not having studied this case before, I took most of what this book presented at face value, it seems that the the lone gunman theory is correct and that there wasn't anyone on the grassy knoll or some big conspiracy in the government to hide what "really happened". All that said, it still seems that the Ruby connection wasn't explained to my satisfaction. I mean, criminals everyday probably deserved to be shot dead like dogs, but it doesn't happen that often...
As for the book as something to read, it was a bit dry, I find reading true life crime books by Ann Rule very fascinating because she makes them read like novels, even though they are true stories. This book read more like a text book, which I guess gets the point across, but didn't make it all that fun to read.
I'll give credit where credit is due, I think Fuhrman did justice to the fact that this case can be looked at like any other murder in that the facts are the facts and just because someone is famous doesn't change basic criminal detective work. I will however reserve a final word that just because somethings seem obvious, doesn't mean that they are, sometimes things are hidden, sometimes there are conspiracies to hide the truth, etc., etc,....
sometimes the truth is hard to accept.......2007-05-13
Like every other baby-boomer, I've read tons of books on the J.F.K. assassination. This one is profound in its simplicity.
If you want a clear-eyed, to the point, book on this subject, look no farther than A SIMPLE ACT OF MURDER. Agree with him or not, Fuhrman at least doesn't reach for the sensationalistic, as so many other of these books do.
A very superficial look..........2006-11-23
I was a little intrigued by the idea of a police detective looking at the evidence in the Kennedy killing and offering a 'solution' of the case. After reading this book, though, I am still waiting. The author provides nothing but a warmed-over presentation of the original Warren Commission report and restates the lone-nut-did-it conclusion. This book is a little like the 'Case Closed' book that Gerald Posner did a few years ago, but without even an effort to provide footnotes or references. Call it Posner lite.
The only deviation that the author makes from the Warren Commission is to attempt to reconcile the magic bullet theory with geometry and physics by saying that Oswald fired three shots but that none of them missed so there was no magic bullet. He then claims that the bystander injury from the alleged shot that missed was instead caused by an errant bullet fragment from a shot that hit Kennedy rather than a bullet striking the curb. The physics and geometry of THAT claim make the magic bullet theory look reasonable by comparison.
Fuhrman does offer a couple of interesting observations on the shooting. He claims that the grassy knoll shot would be a difficult angle, that an expert shooter would have no trouble shooting 3 bullets in 6 seconds from the bolt-action rifle, and he offers his opinion that Oswald was a failure as a Marine and had no friends. Recent evidence that Fuhrman has apparently never seen shows that Oswald received advanced Russian language training at a prestigious military language school while serving in the Marines, had many friends while in the USMC, served at a top-secret U2 air base in Japan, had a secret security clearance, and received an honorable discharge. Fuhrman also restates the botched autopsy of Kennedy as providing an accurate representation of Kennedy's wounds, ignores recent published observations of doctors who actually saw Kennedy's body after the shooting, and ignores most of the eyewitness observations of the shooting.
The Posner book "Cased Closed" is a much better statement of the lone-nut-did-it theory than this book, for those who are comforted by that theory, and has a lot more information. The Posner book does a good enough job of laying out the lone nut position that you can close your eyes, squint, and think to yourself that there might at least be a possibility that Oswald banged away from the 6th floor and did the job alone. This book does not.
Grossly Incomplete.......2006-11-22
Unlike Furman's other books, well-researched and written by a man who obviously knows how to investigate, this one was a disappointment. Furman totally ignored the Dallas doctors' observations of JFK's skull and the damage done to it. Taking only the autopsy material, and discounting the eyewitness reports from Dealy Plaza, as well as the reports from other than physician staff at Bethesda Naval, his conclusions are invalid.
If I didn't know any better, I would say that Mark Furman was merely fulfilling a contract with his publisher for another book that was due. Despite his self-proclaimed interest in the murder of JFK both from the personal and professional standpoint, Furman seemed in writing this book to not be interested in truth-finding. Afterall, it is the murkiness of the investigation, autopsy and conflicting medical examinations, to say nothing of the possible government coverup of the matter that have fueled the controversy for all these years. This book is overly simplistic, and I say that not as a "conspiracy buff" but as one who is interested in all viewpoints of the assassination, as long as they are thoughtfully conceived. Furman's is not.
Customer Reviews:
Proves Oswald was Only Shooter - But Did he act alone?.......2007-10-04
This book was a really good read and proved to me that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter in Dealy Plaza that day. The Author is very knowledgable in the subject matter and explains in details how the "magic bullet" was not magic at all but a bullet which followed the laws of physics.
Before reading this book, I was not sure if there were other shooters in Dealy Plaza. I visited the site this summer on Vacation and could see where the other shooters could have been located. If you look at the film, without understanding how the bullets deform and cause injuries after thier first impact then I can see why you would think there was another shooter. But the author does a very good job of proving that the shots fired from the Texas School Book Depository can and did cause all of the injuries and reactions from the president and governor.
However, the book does not go into great detail about why Oswald did it (we may never know, thanks to Jack Ruby) and why Jack Ruby killed Oswald. Although, I do think that Oswald was a lone nut, the book does not prove that Oswald was not either part of a larger conspiracy or working for someone else.
An expert view worth reading. .......2007-03-26
There must surely be a conspiracy to not review this book favourably ! It is outstanding and one of the very best on this subject.
Several of the more recent books on the JFK assassination have been written by legal, ballistics and medical experts rather than journalists seeking fame and fortune. For that reason much that was considered as conspiracy "gospel" in this case has been debunked in recent years. Mr. Sturdivan is an expert in his field and his conclusions come with a weight and persuasion that leaves the competition from the pro conspiracy side of the fence literally standing.
I have read over 300 books on this subject, I used to believe in a conspiracy and still take an active interest in the subject. This book was the one that finally convinced me that all the shots were fired from above and behind and that they were fired by Oswald. Forget the grassy knoll - it's a huge red herring. Concentrate on the best evidence - the film, medical and ballistics. Read this book and put the case to rest.
I Read Your Book!.. (George C. Scott in Patton).......2007-01-30
I read Best Evidence many years ago, but I have not read this book, yet.. Ordering it now, but I have to ask.. Since Mr. Lifton (?) decided to speak out in this forum..
1. Not to get involved in the actual assassination, because it is too detailed an event to discuss in this forum.. However, how do you account for Oswald's actions, post Dealey Plaza?.. Why, as 4 different eyeball witnesses (William Scoggins, James Tatum, Domingo Beinavidas, and Helen Markham) said, did he shoot a police officer?.. Why did 9 other eyewitnesses say they saw Lee Oswald fleeing from the scene with a gun?..
2. Why did he throw his jacket underneath a car two blocks from the crime scene?..
3. Why was Oswald arrested with the pistol that killed Officer Tippit?..
Answer.. Because HE WAS the person who killed Offier JD Tippit..
Now.. Why would Oswald leave work, walk six blocks east on Elm Street.. Get on a bus.. Get off the bus.. Get into a cab, which he has drop him 5 blocks from his house.. Walk to his boarding house, go in and arm himself (?).. Leave, and 10 minutes later gun down a police officer?..
WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?.. Like I said, there IS NO DEBATE about this.. Four (4!) eyewitnesses positively IDed Oswald as the man who gunned down Tippit.. 9 other witnesses positively IDed Oswald fleeing the scene "holding, or shaking" a pistol.. Not to mention the six (6!) individual pieces of PHYSICAL EVIDENCE that tie Oswald to the crime scene, including (1)the gun found on Oswald, which was matched to the (2,3,4,and 5) spent hulls found at the scene.. The pistol was matched "to the exclusion of every other pistol in the world".. And finally, the (6) jacket found tossed underneath a car in a gas station parking lot, 2 blocks away!..
So the guy killed Tippit.. Beyond a reasonable doubt, he killed a cop.. Why would he do that?.. You're an expert (so you say).. So please, use your expertise, and convince me there is a totally innocuous reason for Oswald to kill a police officer..
lots of flaws.......2006-08-02
there's interesting reviews on the diminished velocity theory of bullet 399 that shows lots of contradictions with Sturdivans ever-changing analysis.
But just when you think that no more can be learned about the JFK caper, up pops an article by an attorney George Costello presenting a paper before the bar in 1996 I believe, pointing out an irrefutable fact which I have seen with my own eyes---over and over, every which way to Sunday. Ironically, a fact that was first brought up by Posner and which actually contradicts that writers' own claims. The lapel flap.
I recommend securing a quality slo-mo copy of the Z film. Study JFK's obvious reaction to an injury sustained at the very latest at Zapruder 220 (but that's way pushing it as the HSCA established the injury to be as early as 190). In any case, Kennedy is clutching his throat as the limo emerges from the Stemmons sign. Now carefully look at Connally's lapel; it ISN'T flapped over his shirt at this point but then in the next frame, the shirt is blacked out with the obvious thrust of his lapel.
A bullet travelling at well over 1,000 fps should have moved the flap practically instantaneously---while kennedy was hit before emerging from the sign but IT DIDN'T. Absolutely, unquestionably, without any doubt whatsoever. See for yourself. Conclusion: TWO BULLETS within a second of one another. Thanks Mr. Posner for pointing the way. Oh, how the truth shall out albeit ever so slowly and deliberately!
Response to K. Jacobs "sushi magnet".......2006-06-10
Mr. Jacobs posed the following question:
If you shot the arguably most important man in the world, and you were caught and jailed within two hours of carrying out the deed, then why not stand up and admit it, and give a "salute" for the cause, and tell the world why JFK had to die? If you were guilty and they caught you THAT quickly, what would ever motivate you to think anyone would ever believe your claims that you are a PATSY? But here we are, posing "if-then" scenarios, and it's of no interest to these fellows. Hope it is for you.
By asking this question, Mr. Jacobs has shown he has absolutely no knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald the man, and what type of individual Oswald was. Is this unusual? Unfortunately, it is not. Most if not all conspiracy authors prey on isolated pieces of evidence as opposed to having a deep understanding of Oswald and what made him tick. Per his older brother Robert: "Lee always liked to think he was smarter than everybody else". "He never wanted others to know what he was thinking". Upon his return from Russia in 1962, Oswald was interviewed by the FBI. When asked by the FBI whether he was an asset of American Intel, he smiled. He then told Robert "they asked me if I was in intellignece". "I had some fun with them". Per Robert, this was the essence of Lee Harvey Oswald. He hated authority, listened to nobody and felt his importance in the pro-castro movement was not being recognized. He wanted that recognition. Hence, his attempt to murder General Walker in April, 63. Again, he failed. In July, 1963, he received a letter from the Department of the Navy refusing to overturn his undesireable discharge. Oswalds life was spiriling out of control. He hated his job, he was living in a boarding house without wife and children, he had no money....and he had no future. What he did have on November 22nd was means, motive and opportunity. When Robert Oswald visited his brother in the Dallas Jail on 11/22 he knew Lee had killed the President. He only had to look into his eyes.
It is interesting to note that David Lifton has critiqued Sturdivans work because he too is coming out with another science fiction piece on Oswald. Lifton of course is infamous for his "Best Evidence" scenario that JFK's body was altered between Dallas and Washington. This flies of course in the face of known facts that the body was NEVER left unattended during the flight. In addition, if one knows anything about bullet wounds, it is IMPOSSIBLE to alter these wounds without detection. Simply ask any wound ballistics expert. And I thought George Lucas wrote great science fiction! As is typical of the conspiracy community, Lifton in his critque mentions Oswalds infamous "I'm just a patsy" comment. What he fails to quote, is the entire comment. Oswald said "I'm just a patsty, they only picked me up because I'm a communist". Lifton, like virtually every CT who's written a book would have you believe Oswald was saying he was a patsy of the intel community or organized crime. Why quote the entire comment since it dramatically changes the tone and intent?
Simply because it does NOT fit the agenda of the conspiracy community. Mr. Lifton? Let the marketing begin. Mr. Lifton states, the case will rest or fall on the validity of the evidence. I agree with this statement. However, what Mr. Lifton fails to tell you is....after 43 years, not ONE conspiracy theory has EVER proven to be true. Not one!!
Mr. Lifton, as conspiracy theorists do uses the "reverse scientific method". They determine what happened, throw out all the data that doesn't fit their conclusion and then hail their findings as the only possible solution. To give you an example, Mr. Lifton has actually stated that Dealey Plaza consisted of underground tunnels for the assassins to escape and that the trees and foliage within Dealey Plaza was NOT REAL and was actually disassembled by the conspirators on the evening of 11/22. And yet, the conspiracy community looks at Lifton as a "leader". Frightening isn't it?
Book Description
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
Based on rare archival materials and obscure trial transcripts, Manhunt is a fully documented work, but it is also a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.
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Despite a note beside her body addressed to other "sons-of-bitch" human rights lawyers, the Mexican government ruled Digna Ochoa's violent death "probable suicide" and slammed the case shut in July 2003. But Linda Diebel, a three-time recipient of the Amnesty International Media Award, will not let Ochoa's story die. Betrayed offers her chilling account of a cold-blooded murder and a cover-up that reaches into the top echelons of the Mexican government.
Customer Reviews:
An excellent exposé.......2006-03-30
The Mexican government's investigation into the bizarre death of Digna Ochoa, a dedicated human-rights lawyer, is set up for scrutiny in this chilling exposé. The author, Linda Diebel, founded and headed up the Toronto Star's Latin-America bureau for seven years before transferring to Washington, and was an acquaintance of Digna's.
"Betrayed" presents the known facts of the case, along with statements from Digna's colleagues, friends and family, and from local police and politicians. The portrait of her that emerges is one that forces the reader to think twice about blindly accepting "official" verdicts in such controversial cases. As we learn more and more about Digna's life and passions and her eagerness to see justice done for Mexico's poorest and least privileged, the official position - that her death was a "probable suicide" - is shown to be absurd.
Digna wasn't only a warrior for justice, hailed by Amnesty International and Bill Clinton and Kerry Kennedy: she was a former Dominican nun, a young woman with a new boyfriend, a loving and stubborn and headstrong daughter and sister. With the extremely-readable and well-crafted "Betrayed", Linda Diebel has given readers a portrait of a fascinating woman whose spirit burned brightly and much too briefly.
Justice for Digna.......2006-03-29
"In Mexico, to defend human rights is to risk your life." -Digna Ochoa. And that's exactly what she did. Ironcially, she risked her life by giving a voice to her own people in her own country, unprotected by her own government, and consequently betrayed. Yet many a government official vowed that this case would not go unsolved (staple phrase in Mexico when a crime is committed). Almost 2 years later, the best they could come up with was the most ridiculous, asinine and insulting verdict I've ever read. This verdict was just as riddled with holes as the other victims mentioned in this book.
I commend Linda Diebel on her arduous, and at times dangerous, investigative work to produce this book. It was through it that holes such as careless police work of not properly securing the crime scene, removal of the body only after all medical readings are taken, no possible gun powder residue, and something as simple as the chain of custody of the evidence were either discovered or brought out from under the rug.
The case of Digna Ochoa is marred and disgraced with incompetence, contradictions, lies, cover up, and ultimately betrayal; things that go against Digna herself and what she stood for. Mexican officials are known to make dissenters disappear (via the army, police, security forces, and others). That explains why testimonies in Digna's case (one of many) were changed and documents mysteriously went missing. If a person who stands in their (government) way can easily be dealt with, then how hard can it be to get rid of a piece of paper?
I strongly recommend this book. While the white sandy beaches of Mexico are quite real, so is the corruption, injustices, and atrocities of torturing and killing of innocent people.
A Tragedy Waiting to Happen.......2006-03-25
Do you want to read a good thriller? Despite its title, "Betrayed: The Assassination of Digna Ochoa" is much more than an account of a celebrated human rights attorney who was murdered in Mexico in 2001. (The government subsequently tried to pass off her death as a suicide.) This beautifully written and well-documented narrative keeps the reader in suspense: Why try to cover up an obvious murder? How were the investigators able to accomplish it? This is a love story, a history of human rights abuses in Mexico and a political analysis. If you want to read a riveting account based on a true tragedy, be sure to read this one.
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