Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President

By Kathryn Canavan

Book Overview

When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America's future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen's Boardinghouse, directly across the street from Ford's Theatre. There, a twenty-three-year-old surgeon-fresh

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081316608X
• ISBN13: 9780813166087
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up