A Shadow of Hope: The Story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

by Pamela Bauer Mueller

Book Overview

Dr. Samuel Mudd, a simple country doctor, found himself caught up in the vagaries of history, loss, betrayal and unimaginable deprivation. He paid the consequences for treating the broken leg of President Lincoln's assassin--an unjust conviction based on political expedience--and imprisonment in Fort Jefferson on a remote island in the Gulf of Mexico. Deprived of liberty, bound in chains and banished from home and family, he spent four years living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0980916356
• ISBN13: 9780980916355
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Pinata Publishing
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"