John Wilkes Booth: By a Man Who Helped Him Escape (Annotated), (Paperback)

Walk into the pine thicket with the man who hid John Wilkes Booth.
For nearly a week after Abraham Lincoln was shot, assassin John Wilkes Booth vanished into the swamps and woods of southern Maryland. The man who kept him alive and hidden there-feeding him, watching the patrols ride past, and finally sending him across the Potomac into Virginia-was Confederate agent Thomas A. Jones. This book is Jones's own, first-person account of those days.
Written years after the Civil War, when Jones had come to see Lincoln as "a good and great man," this narrative offers a rare perspective: a former Confederate underground operative looking back, with a troubled conscience, on how he helped America's most infamous fugitive escape.
Inside this book, readers will find:

• A ground-level view of the Booth manhunt in Charles County and along the Potomac
• Detailed descriptions of how Confederate couriers, watermen, and safe houses operated in Maryland
• Jones's step-by-step account of hiding Booth in the pines, evading Union cavalry, and planning the river crossing
• Reflections from a man who supported the Confederacy but later wrestled with the meaning of Lincoln's death

Perfect for readers who can't get enough of:

• The Lincoln assassination and its untold side stories
• John Wilkes Booth's escape route and the men and women who aided or hunted him
• The hidden Confederate underground in border states
• True-life Civil War narratives told by the people who were actually there

John Wilkes Booth: By a Man Who Helped Him Escape is an essential, eyewitness piece of the Lincoln assassination puzzle-ideal for history buffs, Civil War enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by how ordinary people become entangled in world-shaping events.