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I don't feel that it is for a "beginner," however. There is so much to digest, so much to re-read to make sure that you are understanding it correctly. John is a lawyer, and his "legal speak" shows through in every paragraph. For me, that takes getting used to. Please don't take what I just said as a bad review, however. It is well worth the time in order to get a different perspective on things and to see his challenges to time-honored traditions about who did what. I am definitely in favor of the theme that he has - look southward to a Cabinet member, not northward to Stanton.

P.S. I did mark John wrong on one thing about David Herold. Unfortunately, he picked up on what I think Helen Jones Campbell did wrong about 70 years ago. He has David and John Surratt as classmates at Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Neither man attended that school at any time. David's two alma maters were Georgetown College and the prestigious Rittenhouse Academy - both of which would not have put up with Mr. Herold if he were the "dimwit" that he is portrayed as.