Booth escape route north

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(09-05-2013 09:59 AM)Troy Cowan Wrote:  Gene, if you follow the link you provided, you will see that nine people wrote a review of that book. I was one. If you read my review, it will answer your question.

Here's Troy's review, if interested:

William Hanchett is an apologist for William Stanton. Apparently Stanton can do no wrong. He makes one excuse after another, absolving Stanton's actions regarding Lincoln's assassination. He makes no reference to the murder of the hundreds of thousands boys that Stanton allowed to die on the battle field just to gain political control for himself and the radical Republicans.
He calls people misinformed that believe Booth didn't die at the Garret farm. He states he has proof that James W. Boyd died two years after the civil war and therefore he could not have died in the Garret barn. It doesn't bother Hanchett that the Boyd he is talking about is James Ward Boyd not James William Boyd. Anyway, it really doesn't matter, Boyd was and alias and not his real name.
If you believe Stanton had nothing to do with Lincoln's assassination, you would probably give this book five stars. I will give it four stars because it is informative.

Clever how the middle name of Boyd has been changed and now is claimed to be an alias... (speaking of twisting historical facts). The Boyd myth was utterly demolished by William C. Davis back in the August and November 1977 issues of Civil War Times Illustrated. You might also want to read The Body in the Barn: The Controversy Over the Death of John Wilkes Booth in which at least ten historians give their views -- including the escape proponents, Orlowek and Chitty.