Provides an account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, discussing how actor John Wilkes Booth and his fellow Confederate sympathizers hatched their murderous plot, and following the ensuing manhunt, trials, and executions of the conspirators.
General Note
"Based on the book Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly"--T.p. verso.
Content Note
The beginning of the end of the war -- The conspiracy to assassinate -- Lincoln's last day -- Chasing the assassins.