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In addition to all the books about Abraham Lincoln being published this year to honor his bicentennial, many others explore the people in his life and his tragic death. Two standouts among them are The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt’s Flight From the Gallows, by Andrew C.A. Jampoler, and Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, by James L. …
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