{"product_id":"gothic-and-strange-true-tales-keven-mcqueen-9781634995696","title":"Gothic and Strange True Tales of the Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of little-known Civil War stories reveals eerie deaths, ghostly premonitions, and unsettling historical oddities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGothic and Strange True Tales of the Civil War includes dozens of bizarre incidents from the days before, during, and after the war that are not well-known to general readers or professional historians. These stories include legal ramifications of slavery not mentioned in standard history books; soldiers' executions; premonitions and ghosts; the link between a Lincoln assassin and a Jack the Ripper suspect; wealthy antebellum black slaveowners; strange battlefield deaths; problems concerning disposal of massive numbers of dead soldiers; tricks used to escape the draft; multiracial Confederate soldiers; the full story of the embalming and exhibition of Lincoln's body; examples showing that selling humans at auction was still legal and often practiced long after the war; and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keven McQueen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634995694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634995696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Keven McQueen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097178841343,"sku":"9781634995696","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gothic-and-strange-true-tales-keven-mcqueen-9781634995696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}