John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away, is the true story of the Confederate Secret Service agent who was Booth’s closest associate in the four months leading up to the assassination. This book tracks Surratt’s every move during those tense final weeks, including his affair with a mysterious veiled lady spy and his meetings with the Confederate high command in Richmond. It follows Surratt’s wild flight from justice as his mother stood trial for her life, from New York to Quebec to Liverpool to Italy to Egypt, and finally back home to the scene of the crime for a sensational trial.
“John Surratt was indeed the Lincoln assassin who got away, but, fortunately, he will not escape history thanks to Michael Schein. In this well-researched, beautifully written account of John Surratt, Schein brings historical justice to a man that has been given a pass for too long. It is long overdue.”
~ Edward Steers, Jr., Author (among other works) of “Lincoln’s Assassination,” “The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia,” “Blood on the Moon,” “The Quotable Lincoln,” “His Name is Still Mudd,” and editor of “The Trial: the Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators.”
"Michael Schein has written a fast-moving, vivid account of one of the best and most bewildering stories to come out of the Civil War. A bonus is Schein's excellent analysis of Surratt's trial, one of the more interesting and bizarre legal affairs of the era. Bravo!"
~ S.C. Gwynne, Author of "Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson," and "Empire of the Summer Moon"