Worst Seat in the House

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(01-05-2019 09:30 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Interesting book.
The book points out that Rathbone probably had the worst view of the play of almost anyone in the theater.
If that was the case, and it had been me sitting there, I would have probably fallen asleep sometime during the play.

I found the information regarding Henry and Clara's life after the assassination interesting, especially their time in Europe.
For more on that, Eva has done some interesting research that she has shared on the forum here
https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...t=Rathbone

The book is well illustrated, print size makes this very readable, but the book is missing an index.
Caleb does a nice job of telling us "what ever happened to" Henry and Clara, and filling in some of the gaps in the history of Lincoln's assassination.

IMO not a must have, but a nice to have book regarding the assassination. Available at an affordable price, and worth purchasing.
https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Seat-House-...+the+house

The author of this book was a featured speaker at a Surratt conference about four years ago and freely admits that he is not a professional historian - despite having done some good research and also presenting one important point: What Henry Rathbone experienced that night might well have led to him being a victim of what we term Post-Traumatic Stress. Sure makes sense to me. Another example of things from the past being brought to light in future generations...