The Assassin's Doctor by Robert Summers

[Gene C]

Written by forum member Robert Summers, this is the most objective view of Dr. Mudd's involvement in the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy that I have read.

Note: there are 2 Books titled the Assassin's Doctor by Robert Summers.
This review is for - The Assassian's Dr. , A Biography of Dr. Samuel A Mudd, copyright 2022, with 385 pages
The other book - The Assassin's Dr. -The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Mudd, copyright 2014 with 715 pages.

The Amazon page is confusing, with combinations of information on the two books on one site. The book title, sample pages and reviews seem to be from the Life and Letters book; the book cover picture and product details are for the Biography book.
The "About the Author" section gives more info about "A Biography" - Author Robert Summers has written and published several books about his great grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. These include a book about the slaves who worked on Dr. Mudd's farm, a book about Dr. Mudd's incarceration at the Fort Jefferson military prison following the Lincoln assassination trial, and a book about Dr. Mudd's wife Sarah Dyer Mudd. The information in these early books has now been incorporated into a single complete biography of Dr. Mudd entitled The Assassin's Doctor.
Does that make any sense? The web site below should get you the shorter, Biography

https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Doctor-...145&sr=8-1

Now that I've cleared all that up, this is a good, well researched, comprehensive, objective view of Dr, Mudd. Most of the book is about Mudd's involvement with Booth, the trial and his imprisonment at Ft. Jefferson. Most of Mudd's problems begin with his association with Booth and some poor choices. Add to this evasive, misleading and incomplete information given to gov't investigators and his own lawyers (and all of us Perry Mason fans know what that can lead to) Mudd was lucky they didn't hang him too.

He is able to partially redeem his reputation when he replaced the prison doctor who died during a Yellow Fever epidemic. 270 of the 387 people at the fort contracted the fever (including Mudd) and 38 died, including fellow prisoner Michael O'Laughlen. Mudd's selfless attention to the sick saved many lives.

This will be a nice addition to your Lincoln Library