Hanged!

Mary Surratt and the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln

By: Sarah Miller

Narrated by: Kate Udall

From the critically acclaimed author of The Borden Murders comes the thrilling story of Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the US government, for her alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

A dubious distinction belongs to Mary Surratt: on July 7, 1865, she became the first woman to be executed by the United States government, accused of conspiring in the plot to assassinate not only President Abraham Lincoln, but also the vice president, the secretary of state, and General Grant.

Mary Surratt was a widow, a Catholic, a businesswoman, a slave owner, a Union resident, and the mother of a Confederate Secret Service courier. As the proprietor of the boardinghouse where John Wilkes Booth and his allies are known to have gathered, Mary Surratt was widely believed, as President Andrew Johnson famously put it, to have “kept the nest that hatched the egg.” But did Mrs. Surratt truly commit treason by aiding and abetting Booth in his plot to murder the president? Or was she the victim of a spectacularly cruel coincidence? Here is YA nonfiction at its best--gripping, thought-provoking, and unputdownable.

Critic reviews

★ "[A] tour de force…. Miller both respects her subject and satisfies her audience's hunger for true crime, shares the quirks of interpreting source material, and uncovers the interplay of police corruption, politics, prisoners' rights, and sexism." —Booklist, starred review

Interesting

Interesting story. I’ve always been interested in Lincoln so this was an interest. It wasn’t as good as I hoped but I think that was because so much of the information in it is from mixed opinions about Mary and so it was more he said/she said sort of stuff. I respect her trying to use very reputable sources but it is just a bit lacking due to the time and methods they took then. Check out the author’s other books! I loved her take from the moms’ perspectives on a retake of Little House and Little Women. More of those type please!!

Great

I’m a Lincoln assassination junkie and I thought I heard it all… I was wrong. This book is very informative and entertaining m. Good listen

Great listen

Liked it all, as bitter as it was to comprehend. Never underestimate a vengeful government