Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever in Around the World in 80 Books

Sep 24, 2016 Wes F rated it really liked it

I gave this book 4-1/2 stars in my own reading log. Really enjoyed it and appreciated all the insights into Lincoln's last days. The likes of Booth will go down in infamy--what a pitiful character overall. This book put you right there in the midst of the action & nefarious plotting as it happened. Very well done & engaging to the final page. ...more

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Dec 19, 2015 Susie LaBelle rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction

I was really looking forward to this book as I LOVED Killing Kennedy ... this, however, took a long time for me to get into. It reads more like a documentary for quite awhile (over halfway through) but then picks up a chapter or two before the assassination. I was surprised by this and made myself finish it because I loved the Kennedy book. I want to read one of the others to see if this continues to be the case.

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Oct 28, 2012 Elaine Kasteler rated it really liked it

I do believe we should be well versed in history so that as a person and a nation we don't repeat the same mistakes. I haven't read about Lincoln for many years and I was drawn into the history of this book. Lincoln's oration skills and messages were inspirational "...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." What more could we wish to strive for in this message.

The book was broken out in three sections - The end of the civil war and ...more

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