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His Name Is Still Mudd: The Case Against Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd

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The Notes' section alone is worth the cost of the book!

Wonderful book. Easy to follow, but very detailed. Great pictures. I have also read Blood On The Moon by Mr. Steers, and this work is first class also. Dr. Mudd was lucky Andrew Johnson released him. If he had not helped fellow prisoners and guards recover from Yellow fever, he would have deserved to remain in prison for life, and Dr. Mudd should get credit for that. The Mudd family should be glad he didn't get what he deserved - the gallows next to Mary Surratt!

A True account of Mudd's involvement. Though he cried foul, "The guilty dog barks the loudest".

Sometimes in war the only difference between a patriot and a traitor is which side wins. Dr. Samuel Mudd was apparently a passionate Confederate sympathizer who had no use for the abolitionist Union president Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Mudd actively worked for the South in the Confederate underground during the war while living in the South-leaning Union border state of Maryland. In late 1864 when it was becoming clear that the South was going to lose the war, Dr. Mudd became involved - possibly reluctantly - in John Wilkes Booth's plan to abduct Lincoln and transport him south to Virginia. He introduced Booth to important members of the underground who could help carry out his escape after the abduction. However, when the abduction plot failed and Lee had surrendered to Grant, Booth's abduction plot turned to assassination. Even though it is unlikely that Dr. Mudd knew in advance about Lincoln's murder, he was too deeply involved to extricate himself from the plot when he learned that Booth, who was then staying at his house and whose broken leg he had splinted, was the President's murderer. He had little choice but to cover up his involvement in Booth's kidnapping plot and deny he recognized Booth when he harbored him and gave him medical attention. He could not admit to either without implicating himself. Like Samuel Arnold and Michael O'Laughlen, Dr. Mudd found out that the road into a criminal conspiracy is a one-way street.

Dr. Steers presents sufficient evidence to prove that Dr. Samuel Mudd was an important part of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kidnap the President of the United States and transport him south into Virginia. There can be little doubt that Dr. Mudd recognized Booth when he came to his house very early on that sad April morning. It is also possible that Booth had failed to tell him that he had just murdered Lincoln and was then on the run. Unfortunately, for Dr. Mudd, it no longer mattered because by that time he was in over his head and there was no way out. This book is a must read for every student of Lincoln's assassination.

This book proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the "good doctor" was completely guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth. Despite the way the Mudd family has manipulated the story and the media for decades, the truth is finally coming out!!!

This is an outstanding analysis of the evidence of Dr. Samuel Mudd's complicity with John Wilkes Booth.

Steer's book proves once and for all the guilt of Dr. Mudd.
Mudd was lucky he just missed doing the rope dance.

this was purchased as a gift, and was sent to directly to recipient. I have not read the book, but am aware of the content, as he is a descendent of Dr. Mudd. I could not find the any other place, except Amazon.com.

There is nothing new in this book. Other books have given the same information. If Dr. Mudd fascinates you, then maybe this book will be of some use. What stood out to me is tells us Dr. Mudd is pardoned by President Johnson. But we are never told why. Seems like that would be worth a mention.