America's Original Sin - White Supremacy, John Wilkes Booth, and the Lincoln Assassination

The first book to explicitly name white supremacy as the motivation for Lincoln's assassination, America's Original Sin is an important and eloquent look at one of the most notorious episodes in American history.

About the author

John Rhodehamel is the former archivist of George Washington's Mount Vernon and the former curator of American historical manuscripts at the Huntington Library. His most recent book, George Washington: The Wonder of the Age, was singled out as "the only Washington biography you need" by the Wall Street Journal.

Product details

• Authors: John Rhodehamel
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781421441610
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4161-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations