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The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt's Flight from the Gallows

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. As a long time student of the Lincoln Assassination, I was very glad to see this study of John Surratt's escape and trial. There is a lot of good information here, but on the whole, the book is a disappointment.

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Jampoler writes with something of a haughty style. He never uses one word if three or four can be found and at times it seemed like he was just fleshing out the manuscript to make it long enough to publish.

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An annoying habit is referring to a person by who they are related to, rather than by their name. At one point, John Surratt is termed "Anna's youngest brother. He goes into great detail explaining how to hang a person, and even refers to the lynching scene in the movie "The Ox-Bow Incident.

This breaks up the narration of Surratt's escape and indicates Jampoler's tendency to flit from subject to subject. On page 26, the first two full paragraphs discuss Booth's charisma, the third paragraph mentions his escape plans, which include going to Mexico. The following paragraphs are a long description of the political situation in Mexico and a discussion of Emperor Maximilian. Later, Jampoler feels the need to provide a very long sequence giving the details of Jefferson Davis' flight from Richmond and his capture by Union troops.

John Surratt

The narration of Surratt's trial is very detailed and was obviously expertly researched by Jampoler. However, a criticism is that he does not mention Honora Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick was a boarder at the Surratt house and was an important government witness at the murder trial in and John Surratt's trial two years later. However, Fitzpatrick does not even rate one mention by Jampoler.

The best part of the book is the last, which talks about Surratt's later life. It is very well researched and gives details which have long been overlooked by other historians. All in all, Jampoler obviously did a huge amount of research, but he would have done better to stay on his subject and not dawdle on side issues and personalities.

This book should only be purchased by serious students of the Lincoln Assassination.

The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt's Flight from the Gallows

Readers with only a casual interest will be confused as there is very little background on the primary Lincoln conspirators and virtually no discussion of the plotting or the actual assassination. I would recommend the book only to people who want to add to their library of books on this subject. A most interesting book on the escape, then criminal justice activity involving John Surratt, a son of the first woman executed by the federal government and himself charged with being in on the conspiracy to murder President Lincoln.

Andrew Jampoler writes with wry humor and from a deep fountain of knowledge as he takes the reader along on a brisk tale with many side journeys into interesting bits of historical and cultural information. You learn, among many things, about the Zouves, ship traffic over the Atlantic, the criminal justice system of late s America, and the fate of many of the minor players witnesses, prosecutors, defenders, etc.

This is a volume where one profits by reading the footnotes. This book does not claim to be a full history of the conspiracy, let alone of John Wilkes Booth. It does help for a reader to have some prior understanding of the events leading to Ford's Theatre. But if you want to know, as I did, how John Surratt ran, was caught, then beat the charge--read this book. This book is a failure as a history of John Surratt, his flight and trials. There is very little specific information, no depth at all, and no analysis. There are many diversions about the ships he sailed on, the people involved in the trials, the personnel on the ships, and many other things that allow Jampoler to avoid dealing with Surratt.

Recommended only for those anxious to avoid any knowledge of John Surratt. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. Just one thing missing from this book-John Surratt!

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The author veers wildly this way and that on every subject of the times except John Surratt. End of story, or is it? I wasn't sure exactly how much could be verified after I read all the footnotes. Apr 09, Naomi rated it it was amazing.

This book is fantastic. New information, at least for me, on the Lincoln assasination.

A word of warning though The author packs alot of information into this book, not only within the text of the book, but in the footnotes as well. In order to take it all in, I was only able to read 15 pages per day. The reviews from other Lincoln biographers were excellent as well and led me to some new reading material to follow up on. Oct 11, John Thomas rated it really liked it. The author is an exceptionally good writer.

Unfortunately, Surratt is not a sympathetic character: For those interested in those involved in the assassination of Lincoln, this book can be recommended for bringing one person into clear focus through the strength and clarity of Jampoler's prose. Jun 14, Martha Gamble rated it it was ok. Got very bored reading this book. The story jumped all over the place and could hardly keep some of it straight.

Lots of foot notes. Story line of the son, john, dodging the law was boring. Dawn rated it liked it Sep 18, Chad rated it really liked it May 07, Andrew rated it really liked it May 13, Greg rated it it was amazing Jul 17, Chelsey House rated it really liked it Jul 24, Michael Giltz rated it it was ok Apr 14, Michael rated it liked it Jan 03, Andy rated it did not like it Jul 23, Dan rated it liked it Apr 02, Robert rated it liked it Jul 02, David Biggs rated it really liked it Oct 16, Melissa rated it it was amazing Jun 05, Karen marked it as to-read Oct 06, Meanwhile, John Surratt, son of Mary Surratt, one of those hung, was in flight.

Surratt was indeed a Confederate agent involved in courier duty between Richmond and Confederates in Canada. In the course of his duties, he would frequently pass through Washington, meeting with his mother and Confederate sympathizers. Actually, according to his testimony at his trial, he was in Elmira, N. Others testified that he had been seen in Washington on that fatal night, but the jurors believed he had indeed been in Elmira and it was from that city that he began his incredible flight, a flight traced so well by Andrew Jampoler.

It was a flight that would take him back to Canada, thence to Ireland, England, France, Italy and finally, Egypt, where he was captured. Just why Surratt took flight is not exactly clear, but that he did so probably saved his life. His trial was before a civil court; had he joined the eight in it would have been before a military tribunal with a fate undoubtedly like that of the other defendants.

As it was, in he was narrowly acquitted and went on to marry, have a family and live until He first lived openly in Canada and then went underground with Catholic priests in Liverpool he was Roman Catholic as was his mother. With American authorities on his trail he made his way through France to Italy. In , the British were notoriously sympathetic to Confederates of every stripe.