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The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War Cover Image Book Book

The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War

Stashower, Daniel. (Author).

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780312600228
  • ISBN: 0312600224
  • ISBN: 9781250023322
  • Physical Description: print
    ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2013.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 ; A single red ballot ; 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.

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Genre: History.

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