The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
An Annotated Bibliography of Presidential Assassinations
1. Lorant, Stefan, Abraham Lincoln. New York, Harper And Brothers., 1957.
pp. 240-273.
This section of the book talks about President Lincoln's
Assassination. President Lincoln did not feel that anyone would ever want
to kill him. Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. He was going to see a
play at Ford's Theatre. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth
had been planning this conspiracy for a long time. This assassination was
one of many attempted ones by Booth and his fellow conspirators.
Booth had carved a hole in Lincoln's box so that he could observe
him during the play. Booth jumped into the box and shot ...
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up to, the
assassination, and the events after Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed
April 15, 1865. His assassin was a man by the name of John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln was planing to attend a play at Ford's Theatre that night. Booth
shot him that night.
Booth shot Lincoln with a small pistol known as a derringer. Booth
managed to escape but was caught twelve days later when he was found hiding
in a barn. He underwent surgery at a boarding house across the street from
the theater. Lincoln died the morning after he was shot. His body was sent
to Springfield, Illinois for burial.
3. Peterson, Roger S. �Declassified,� American History, July/August 1996,
pp. 22-26.
This article summarizes the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy in Dallas Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. Also discussed is
the investigation that followed. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey
Oswald, an ex-Marine. Kennedy was in a convertible, being driven in a
parade. This article also talks ...
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