Vast and Fiendish Plot

Name: Vast and Fiendish Plot
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ISBN: 9780806531311

ISBN-10: 0806531312

ISBN-13: 9780806531311

Edition: N/A

Authors: Clint Johnson

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Acclaimed Civil War expert Johnson offers this scorching, thrilling account of how an undercover team of Confederate officers tried to set fire to New York City in 1864--and nearly succeeded. 30 bw photos throughout.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 3/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.02" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction


Prologue: "A Born Gentleman to the Tips of His Fingers"



The South's Secessionist Sister City



"Decayed Is Here"



"A Traffic in Enslaved Africans"



"A Great Distribution Point for Cotton"



"Money Is Plenty, Business Is Brisk"



"The Meetings of These Madmen"



"The City of New York Belongs to the South"



"That Which Comes Easy Goes Easy"



The South Seethes



"How Sad Is This Life"



"A Fire in the Rear Will Be Opened"



"State Governments Will Be Seized"



"The People Have Lost All Confidence in Lincoln"



The Plan



"Organize Only in 'the Territory of the Enemy'"



"New York Is Worth Twenty Richmonds"



"Set Fire to Cities on Election Day"



"Rebel Agents in Canada"



Burn New York



"Something Dead in That Valise"



"Do the Greatest Damage in the Business District"



"It Blazed Up Instantly"



"A Vast and Fiendish Plot"



The Aftermath



"If Convicted, They Will Be Executed"



"Trust to Luck"



"A Terror for Our Citizens"



"They Sacrificed Everything"


Epilogue: What Happened to the Principal Characters


Acknowledgments


Source Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index