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DONALD, GRAEME - The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln and 44 Other Forgotten Figures in History

Title: The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln and 44 Other Forgotten Figures in History
Description: Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1849081700. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 7.4 X 4.8 X 1.3 inches; 288 pages; "This book reveals the stories of 75 of military history's little-known game-changers, including: • Thomas Boston Corbett, the man who shot John Wilkes Booth • Herman Hollerith, who devised the punchcard system used to keep track of prisoners sent to the concentration camps • Hitler's personal pilot, Hanna Reitsch • Major John D Barry, the Confederate who mistakenly shot General Stonewall Jackson • Lee Duncan, the American serviceman who rescued a puppy from the German trenches of World War I and took him back to America, where he became famous as Rin Tin Tin • Lt Col Franz von Hurrach, who supplied the car for Ferdinand at Sarajevo and, from the running boards, gave such confusing directions to the driver that he sent him up the wrong street and straight into the arms of the waiting assassin.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 1849081700 Lincoln lucky luciano custer

Price: US$ 16.95 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 19109

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