Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.
Authors:
Stashower, Daniel
Statement of Responsibility:
Daniel Stashower
Title:
The hour of peril
the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War
Publisher:
New York :, Minotaur Books,, 2013.
Edition:
1st ed
Characteristics:
ix, 354 p. :,ill. ;,25 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Long, narrow boxes
The cooper and the rail-splitter. His hour had not yet come ; The apprentice ; How I became a detective ; Ardent spirits ; Pink lady ; Let us dare to do our duty ; It's coming yet
Plums and nuts. A pig-tail whistle ; Mobtown ; Suspicions of danger ; Hostile organizations ; The man and the hour ; If I alone must do it ; A postponed rebellion ; A rabid rebel ; Whitewash ; The music agent ; A few determined men ; An assault of some kind ; The assassin's knife
The martyr and the scapegoat. The flight of Abraham ; The hour of peril ; Some very tall swearing ; An infamous lie.
Summary:
Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.
Subject Headings:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination attempt, 1861.
Presidents Assassination attempts United States.
Baltimore (Md.) History Civil War, 1861-1865.
Topical Term:
Presidents
LCCN:
2012042103
ISBN:
9780312600228
0312600224
9781250023322
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