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Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The brutal murder of Abraham Lincoln shocked America and changed our history forever. Why Booth killed Lincoln and how the assassination transformed Lincoln from man to myth is explored.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, John Wilkes...
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time--the Yankees are coming, it warned. That night Davis fled Richmond, setting off an intense manhunt for the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy that led to the crime. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White House funeral transfixed...
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