I must have been sleeping during 2016, but I have no recollection of a new book that appeared on the scene that year. I just stumbled upon Into The Abyss: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Kate R. Gillett. It just arrived yesterday, but the back cover comments have me intrigued.

One of the comments claims that six conspirators were hanged. Have we been missing something all these years? The author's name is not familiar to me, but she includes an Epilogue chapter that gives a brief summary of Surratt House Museum and the James O. Hall Research Center, so she either visited or googled our website.

Anyone familiar with the book and/or author?

She's written three books, including this one and one about Gettysburg. Doesn't seem to have much of a web presence.

(09-19-2019 12:51 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  She's written three books, including this one and one about Gettysburg. Doesn't seem to have much of a web presence.

I noticed that too. Most of the Google entries are the usual booksellers pushing the product with no reviews and virtually nothing about Ms. Gillett.

Here's the Amazon site
https://www.amazon.com/Into-Abyss-Assass...te+Gillett

Could be she just wants to be a writer, which, can you believe it, reminds me of an old Beatles song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ

(09-19-2019 08:23 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Here's the Amazon site
https://www.amazon.com/Into-Abyss-Assass...te+Gillett

Could be she just wants to be a writer, which, can you believe it, reminds me of an old Beatles song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ

Amazon's blurb above is what let me know about the book. Still curious as to who the two other executed conspirators might be...

I didn't look at much of her book on Amazon, but I did see that she mentioned four nooses, so perhaps the mistake on the back cover didn't make it into the book. I hope not.

(09-20-2019 10:20 AM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  but I did see that she mentioned four nooses, so perhaps the mistake on the back cover didn't make it into the book. I hope not.

Yes. I second Susan - probably a typo.

https://books.google.com/books?id=8higDQ...es&f=false

Typo gets my votes too.