Program on C-Span this weekend

[L Verge]

Fifty pages into the book, and my negativity is melting away. I am enjoying the book! Whether or not Mrs. Surratt ever told Bingham a secret that would destroy the Republic, or whether or not Bingham refused on his deathbed to reveal the secret to his doctor, author Stewart has given a brief, above-average highlight of the assassination and the questions of why and on the orders of whom while creating a fictional backdrop that has even taken me into the coal fields of Ohio so far.

I am especially intrigued to see where he takes the doctor when it comes to a colored patient from Maryland by the name of Rachel Lemus. For those of you who know the Surratt history, Rachel Semus was an enslaved woman rented by the Surratts. Throughout the years following the assassination, Aunt Rachel remained protective of Mrs. Surratt's name. This is reflected in an interview that she gave to a D.C. reporter in the 1890s. I want to see how the author weaves Rachel Lemus into the story.