Assassination of Lincoln: History and Myth

by Lloyd Lewis

Book Overview

The Civil War officially ended at Appomattox soon after President Lincoln's second inauguration. During his first term he had been widely viewed by special-interest groups as a good-natured,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567314090
• ISBN13: 9781567314090
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: MJF Books
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Surprisely good after all these years.

This book was originally published in the late twenties and early thirties. The author reviews the last days of Lincoln and the myths and history of his death. After all these years it is surprisely good. Why? Because the author dispells some of the popular myths about the death of this great man. Lincoln was a man, and not a god. This book is jammed with facts. The chapter on Lincoln's funeral is very emotional as cities strove to do the most homage to this great man. The assassins were mainly a bunch of nut cases led by an actor striving to gain everlasting fame. The history of Memorial Day is also discussed. For those who admire Lincoln, this is a nice book detailing his human frailties. This book is full of great knowledge on our leading President.

Interesting and Well Written Book

I picked this book up after I read "April 1865" because I wanted to know more about the assassination of Lincoln. The book is a very interesting account of what took place. This is a reprint of a book that originally came out in the 1920's and that made it even more interesting. I enjoyed the book on two fronts. First the author does a very good job of detailing out the plot to kill Lincoln, the actors involved, the reasons behind it, the actual event and then the capture of the assassins.There is just a great amount of details that, being an American; I am ashamed I did not know. Overall this was not a lone gunman, but a large-scale plot to kill the top three members of the U.S. government at the time. Sure the group performing this assassination was not the best and brightest, but they got the job done. The details of the escape, flight and then capture of Both is also full of detail that really brings the story to a new level. The added information about the capture and punishment of the rest of the group was also very interesting.On the second front, what I also enjoyed about the book was the view of the 1920's through the writing of the author. When someone writes a book like this, there are bound to be examples and coalitions to the "current" day and in the case of this book it was the 1920's. That was very interesting and an added bonus to the book. Overall I enjoyed this book and learned a great deal from it. I would suggest it.