· In The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen L. Carter, the best-selling author of The Emperor of Ocean Park, travels back to Washington, D. C. (then known as Washington City) in April and imagines what might have happened had Lincoln survived the assassination attempt. The questions, discussion topics, and suggested reading in this guide are designed to enhance your Edition description: Reprint. · THE IMPEACHMENT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. by Stephen L. Carter ‧RELEASE DATE: J. Law professor turned novelist Carter (The Emperor of Ocean Park, , etc.) waxes counterfactual—and sometimes piles historical nonfacts to dizzying heights. Yes, the counterfactuals sometimes threaten to suffocate the real matters here; as Carter, who cheerfully admits to much . · The premise of Stephen L. Carter’s new book, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln is so audacious – so fascinating – that it virtually begs to be read. In this reimaging of the Lincoln assassination, the bullet’s trajectory changes by just a fraction of an inch and Lincoln survives. After the country collectively exhales, the “fun” begins/5().
In Stephen Carter's new novel, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, the man we know as the Great Emancipator imprisons critics, invokes martial law, suspends the writ of habeus corpus, and. On Thursday, August 2, , the ALPLM welcomed author, Stephen L. Carter to our Union Theater for a discussion about his latest work, "The Impeachment of Ab. Get this from a library! The impeachment of Abraham Lincoln. [Stephen L Carter; Paul Boehmer] -- Stephen Carter's novel takes as its starting point an alternate history-- President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford's Theatre on Ap, only to be charged with.
In The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen L. Carter, the best-selling author of The Emperor of Ocean Park, travels back to Washington, D. C. (then known as Washington City) in April and imagines what might have happened had Lincoln survived the assassination attempt. The questions, discussion topics, and suggested reading in this guide are designed to enhance your group’s discussion of this fascinating work of alternative history. THE IMPEACHMENT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. by Stephen L. Carter ‧RELEASE DATE: J. Law professor turned novelist Carter (The Emperor of Ocean Park, , etc.) waxes counterfactual—and sometimes piles historical nonfacts to dizzying heights. Yes, the counterfactuals sometimes threaten to suffocate the real matters here; as Carter, who cheerfully admits to much invention, writes, “None of this was true, but all of it was in the newspapers.”. Stephen L. Carter's thrilling new novel takes as its starting point an alternate history: President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford's Theatre on Ap. Two years later he is charged with overstepping his constitutional authority, both during and after the Civil War, and faces an impeachment trial.
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