Background
Eisenschiml, Otto was born on June 16, 1880 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Alexander and Eleanor (Koretz) Eisenschiml.
(True crime. First edition stated. Green cloth covers very...)
True crime. First edition stated. Green cloth covers very nice, spine ends bumped. Dust jacket rubbed and worn, large tear on the front panel, other moderate edge wear and small tears. Interior clean and tight.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DRLBQ/?tag=2022091-20
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true t
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQC9TZU/?tag=2022091-20
(A collection of firsthand stories of the American Civil W...)
A collection of firsthand stories of the American Civil War. A very good hardcover copy with bright gilt lettering to the spine. Light edge fading. Tight binding. Solid boards. Clean, unmarked pages. Good jacket with some light chipping, rubbing, and fading; a few tape-backed repairs; price-clipped. NOT ex-library. Contains notes. 223pgs. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Civil War; Inventory No: 016146.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041U03FC/?tag=2022091-20
Eisenschiml, Otto was born on June 16, 1880 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Alexander and Eleanor (Koretz) Eisenschiml.
Chemical Engineer, Polytech. School of Vienna, 1901. Honorary Doctor of Letters, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, 1937.
Diploma, Lincoln College, Lincoln, Illinois, 1960.
In 1901, he emigrated to the United States and took a job as an industrial chemistry He rose through the ranks to become president of the Scientific Oil Compounding Company. Foreign much of his life, Eisenschiml lived in Chicago, Illinois.
He invented a window envelope made from one piece of paper.
Later he developed a test to detect the presence of fish oil contaminants in vegetable oil. Eisenschiml was well published within the chemical and oil industries, authoring several articles in trade journals and magazines on various technical aspects of the business.
He became a student of American history, with a particular fascination for the Abraham Lincoln assassination. He began researching the murder in 1928, but was not satisfied with the prevailing account that John Wilkes Booth was the mastermind of the plot.
In 1937, his signature work,, was published to mixed reviews and a national furor.
The resulting publicity resulted in good sales volumes. In it, he postulated that the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton had plotted to kill Lincoln due to marked political and personal differences. He used circumstantial evidence to build his case, including Stanton"s hiring of a bodyguard named John Parker to protect the president (Parker was temporarily absent when assassin Booth entered the presidential box at Ford"s Theater).
Eisenschiml also speculated that Stanton had deliberately left one key bridge across the Anacostia River open, the same bridge Booth actually used to escape, and that he ordered Booth to be shot and killed by the Union Army.
Another controversial suggestion was that Stanton tore several incriminating pages from Booth"s diary. The book sparked other books and conspiracy theories, as well as some films.
His theories have become popularly known as the "Eisenschiml Thesis," but have generally been discredited by leading historians. Otto Eisenschiml"s first book on the assassination inspired the 1942 Broadway play Yours, A. Lincoln.
His theory, or one derived from it, was mentioned by the fictional detective Steve Crosetti in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.
Edward Hyam"s book, Killing Number Murder, which studied a number of assassinations, accepted this theory, with the added error of supposing Secretaries Seward and Stanton to be next in line after the Vice President. Eisenschiml"s book is also referenced in the 2007 Disney film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, when it is mentioned by a precocious child during a scene at the White House Easter egg roll. Similar to the book, the film"s premise was partially inspired by pages missing from John Wilkes Booth"s diary.
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
(This is an original printing, not a modern print on deman...)
(A collection of firsthand stories of the American Civil W...)
(Publisher: Alliance Book Corporation, 1942.)
(True crime. First edition stated. Green cloth covers very...)
Member National Research Council, American Chemical Society (chairman 1914), Paint, Oil and Varnish Association of the United States, Chicago History Society, West Side History Society of Chicago (president 1936-1937, chairman 1938-1945), American Institute Chemists (honorary), New York Academy Sciences. Founder, 1st president National Soybean Oil Manufacturers Association. Club: Chicago Chemists (president 1922).
Married Bertha Eisenschimel, January 14, 1912. Children: Rosalie Ruth, Gerald Alexander, Ralph Eugene.