Written By: Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Published By: Henry Holt and Company
282 Pages
We all knew what happened to President Lincoln but I can give some facts. Contrary to popular belief many people were involved in the killing of Lincoln. Before I read this book, I thought that the president had been assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. This was true, but there was more going on. A man named Lewis Powell was to try to kill William Seward and George Atzerodt would have killed Vice President Andrew Johnson, but he was drinking to alleviate his nerves. I also thought it was interesting that Booth chose a Deringer as a weapon. This gun was typically used for close range shots and primarily owned by prostitutes for protection.
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