The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Did Samuel Mudd have prior knowledge of the impending assassination of Abraham Lincoln and willingly provide aid to John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's murder?

Historians are still divided over this issue nearly 140 years later. In 1906, Nettie Mudd published this passionate plea for her father's innocence. It includes testimony from Mudd's trial and letters written to and by him from Fort Jefferson, where he was imprisoned until 1869.

Though President Andrew Johnson pardoned Mudd, the family continued to try to get the conviction overturned. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were both sympathetic to the cause but claimed no authority in the matter. The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case.

Not only is this book a well-reasoned case for Mudd's acquittal, it's a fascinating look into the Mudd family and the early attempts to clear his name. The letters from Mudd to his adored wife are very revealing of at least a part of Mudd's character.

For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.

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This edition is Expanded, Annotated.

• The Unlocked Book: John Wilkes Booth by His Sister (Abridged, Annotated)
• The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth
• Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy, 2d ed.
• John Wilkes Booth: By a Man Who Helped Him Escape (Annotated)
• Assassination of Lincoln: A History of the Great Conspiracy, Trial of the Conspirators by a Military Commission and a Review of the Trial of John H. Surratt
• Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth
• Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage
• The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft
• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
• Get The Doctor From His Cell: Dr. Samuel Mudd, Yellow Fever, and Redemption at an Island Prison