Jeanne le bars biography of abraham lincoln

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Book Blurb

An astonishing connection between two of the 19th century’s greatest crimes.

A fraudulent doctor, Francis Tumblety, is implicated in both the 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. It seems incredible that Jack the Ripper could have been involved in killing President Lincoln, but the evidence is revealed in this book.

We delve into a murky underworld in America’s Gilded Age and the poverty ridden slums of London’s Whitechapel district following the murderous trail left by Tumblety. A flamboyant huckster, well known in the newspaper gossip columns, whose celebrity masked his homicidal tendencies.

Arrested over the Lincoln assassination then released while others were hanged on the scaffold. Put behind bars briefly by Scotland over the Jack the Ripper killings but then makes a daring escape. The proof is overwhelming that Tumblety was one of the most dangerous criminals of the 19th century.

My Review

My reading mojo has taken a huge hit this year so I wanted to try non-fiction again, and when I was emailed the details of Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln it really appealed to me. Jack the Ripper, the worlds most famous serial killer, a crime that still remains unsolved today. Yes, there are many books putting forward suspects, and that’s what I think makes this case so intriguing, no one really knows. Even if you aren’t a Ripper fan so to speak, Tony McMahon introduces us to Frances Tumblety, and man that is fascinating, renowned in America and Canada as a ‘medic’ and a man arrested as a suspect in the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

I have to admit that I had never heard the name Frances Tumblety before reading this book, but after reading this book I feel he would be a great character for a biopic film. Tumblety was a showman, a quack doctor who rode into town in a flashy suit and hat offereing to cure the citizens ails. His over the top personality got him

Everyone pretty much hated him. He was expelled from his own party during his presidency, his entire cabinet (minus one person) resigned over his policies, and he was the first president who faced impeachment. One newspaper editor called him a “poor, miserable, despised imbecile” and The New York Times called him “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States” in his own obituary! Upon his death, Lincoln didn’t issue a mourning proclamation and flags were not placed at half-mast.

James K. Polk (1845-1849)

Every party has a pooper and that pooper was Polk. He banned booze, card playing and dancing from the White House.

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

While celebrating the Fourth of July on the grounds where the Washington Monument would later stand, Taylor snacked on a bunch of cherries and washed it all down with iced milk (ew). Bacteria was present in either the cherries or the milk, leading to his death a few days later.

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

Fillmore married his schoolteacher (oo la la!). Other than that, most historians don’t really have much to say about him. Even the White House website calls him “an uninspiring man.” Ouch.

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

Another president most people don’t remember, Pierce was pretty unpopular while in office, leading to his own party refusing to renominate him. His reply to being cast out: “There is nothing left to do but get drunk.” His penchant for the hooch might explain his alleged arrest for running over an old lady with his horse.

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

Buchanan holds the record of being the only bachelor to be president, although he may not have been truly single. There was a lot of speculation about his sexuality and close relationship with Alabama Senator William Rufus King. The two lived togethe