Shameless plug for my book. A quick, easy read on the Lincoln assassination.
Abraham Lincoln awoke to subdued cries. Downstairs in the East Room, he saw a catafalque bearing a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Soldiers stood guard as mourners filed past.
“Who is dead in the White House?” demanded Lincoln. “The President,” replied a soldier. “He was killed by an assassin.”
That morning, John Wilkes Booth learned Abraham Lincoln would attend Ford’s Theatre. With those few words, a plan took shape—and history was changed.
How John Wilkes Booth Assassinated Abraham Lincoln is the story of two men—one determined to preserve the Union, the other to avenge the South. Their lives intersected for one brief, violent moment… and changed the course of America forever.
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