Day Lincoln Was Shot

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Gripping, minute-by-minute account of the day President Lincoln was struck down by an assassin's bullet in Ford's Theatre. Parallels of the activities of the President with those of his assassin in an unforgettable, suspense- filled chronicle. 320 pages.

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Ok, so history CAN be entertaining.......2007-07-02

All history books should be written by Jim Bishop. He is able to bring the past to life with wonderful story telling that doesn't lose any details. This book taught me more about Lincoln than I have ever gotten out of classes and lessons. I had no clue that he disliked his wife and that John W Booth had failed so many times in his attempts. The deep research involved in such a writing must make it almost impossible to create history books in its image. Yet, we could do with less encyclopedia-like accounts of our past so that we keep our heritage instead of trying to wade through it. I will make sure to add Bishop's other masterpieces to my collection as soon as possible.

Yes, I know Lincoln got shot........2007-06-07

The Day Lincoln Was Shot is, in fact, about the entire day of Lincoln's death. If you decide to pick up this book make sure you set aside a lot of time and anything else you could be doing. This book is a very detailed hour by hour account of the day Lincoln was murdered. I do give the author credit for being historically accurate. Although it was accurate, this book did not have the ability to capture and hold on to my attention. The plot was pretty straight forward and I felt as though i was reading something straight out of a history book plus what's inbetween the lines. Mr.Bishop did make a good effort and put alot of time into this book judging by how detailed it is. The level of detail however, was my biggest problem with this book. I understand that Lincoln got shot and it was tragic but I don't need to know his murderer's every action throughout the day to get to where he was when he shot Lincoln.
In conclusion, reading this book was comparable only to cruel and unusual punishment and I can only hope to never read anything this horrible ever again.

Minute To Minute History, At Its Finest!.......2007-04-30

"The Day Lincoln Was Shot" takes the reader through an minute by minute account of the events involving the principal characters involved in the Lincoln assassination. The story actually starts weeks before the assassination and traces the Booth conspiracy, first to kidnap, and then to murder Lincoln as well as Lincoln's activities amid the rumors of conspiracy and murder. The roles of others, prominently Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, are artfully woven into the book. Author Jim Bishop skillfully switches between Lincoln and the conspirators while relating the events. Although I have long studied Lincoln Lore, I learned new things about the tragedy, and was reminded of other things which I had known. Never did my attention drift from the story. This is first class, minute by minute history, at its finest.

Unexspectivily Moving........2006-07-09

This book is amazing. I am a lover of American History, but only recenly did I read this book. I found it in a dollar pile at a book fair and it was one of the greatest things I've spent my money on.
I cannot remember the last time I was so moved by a book. Bishop's discription of this day has a rare quaility of being both objective and emotional. Such events in human history are bound in emotion, but there is one other way to present this material except objectivily because of its power and meaning.
"The Day Lincoln Was Shot" was one of the only books that caused me to weep while reading it. "The Final Hours" are presented with such digneity and grace that; while events occured over 150 years ago, they are as moving if they had happened 5 years ago. I would say that it has been 15 years or more since I have been so affected by a book. Bishop gives the reader an oppertunity to be apart of history and not just learn from it. You feel as if you are part of the crowd at Ford's Theater or at the Peterson home.
This is a great find and an important read for anyone who cares about human history.

Gripping Account.......2005-10-20

On my long commute to and from work, the audiocassette version of this book kept me thoroughly engrossed for days. No detail escaped Bishop's notice in this suprisingly gripping account of Lincoln's last day. An eminently satisfying piece of historical reconstruction.

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This is an excellent book!!!
Great read-aloud to stimulate Lincoln discussion.

Back to the Day Lincoln Was Shot! (Travelers Through Time)
Beatrice Gormley
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This is an excellent book!!!.......1999-06-01

I think this book is great for children from the ages 8-11. I found this book very interesting and very idea-giving. This is a great way to build ones imagination!!

Great read-aloud to stimulate Lincoln discussion........1998-05-05

We use BTTDLWS in 5th grade during our Civil War era discussions. Works better for 5th grade as a read-aloud rather than as independent reading because of the sometimes more advanced vocabulary for 10/11 year-olds. The characters are 12 years old, so 6th or 7th graders may find it easier reading. Opportunities for discussion on time-travel, the chance to change history, and the Lincoln assassination are endless. Check it out before it goes out of print like Book #2 in the series "Back to Paul Revere".

The Day Lincoln Was Shot: An Illustrated Chronicle

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The Best of Its Kind
exciting, thrilling, fascinating
Well written and very informative
A great summary of the tragic last day of A. Lincoln
Best book about the events leading up to Lincoln's death

The Day Lincoln Was Shot: An Illustrated Chronicle
Richard Bak
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The Best of Its Kind.......2004-06-10

This is an excellent book!! Richard Bak successfully brings the past to life in his natural and descriptive writing style, and in 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot,' he successfully takes the reader back to the events leading up to that fateful night at Ford's Theater. But that's not all - we're also privy to the final hours of Booth's life as well, and even to the horrid (and extremely biased) court proceedings and outcome that, in a number of unfortunate cases, brought death to innocent people caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Mr. Bak does not take sides in the text. He presents the facts as they were at the time combined with our discoveries over the last 140 years. This is what makes this book so thoroughly enjoyable and exciting.
Being a relatively extensive but quick read, 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot' is highly recommended for anyone, be they high schoolers or older, who want to know the truth behind the conspiracy of the death of our 16th president.

exciting, thrilling, fascinating.......2003-06-24

April 14, 1865, Washington. During a performance of the play OUR AMERICAN COUSIN in Ford's theatre young actor John Wilkes BOOTH shoots Abraham LINCOLN, sixteenth president of the United States, with a .44 derringer in a desparate attempt to turn the tides of civil war. (The cause of the South was already lost, General LEE had already surrendered at Appomatox Court House.)
At the same time BOOTH's co-conspirator Lewis POWELL tries to stab secretary of state William H. SEWARD, leaving the politician as well as his daughter, two sons and a male nurse severly injured. Another conspirator, George ATZERODT, decided to abandon his mission to kill vice president Andrew JOHNSON and got drunk instead.

THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT details the story of this infamous assassination, from the background of the characters, the scheming, the assassination and its aftermath to the fate of the conspirators inside a burning barn (BOOTH) and on the gallows (his accomplices), respectively.
Author Richard BAK brings the persons involved in this tragedy vividly to life. I found this aspect of the book especially compelling. We learn about the war weary president, who also suffered from personal plight (an emotionally unstable wife and the death of his son Willie in 1862). We get to know assassin John Wilkes BOOTH, a famous actor and womanizer, bold, darring and sympathizing with the Confederacy's cause. The book points out how BOOTH's deed affected the American society and the life of all persons involved in this drama. Did you know that Major RATHBONE, an officer, who had accompanied LINCOLN at Ford's theatre, never forgave himself for having been incapable of stopping BOOTH and subsequently became insane due to his self-reproaches, resulting in the murder of his wife and a lifelong imprisonment in a mental institution? The book is full of such gripping details.
Also of note is the way the book sets right some popular myths abouth the assassination. For instance, it is a wellknown belief that after having shot LINCOLN, BOOTH jumped from the presidential box to the stage below and disclaimed "Sic semper tyrannis!" (So perish all tyrannts!) According to eye witness accounts there was no agreement of what BOOTH did or did not say. Also BOOTH's broken leg seems to do not result from the leap on the stage. (He simply made it up in his diary to make his deed more "heroic".) According to author BAK there is good reason to believe that BOOTH broke his leg on his escape, when unheroically falling down from his horse.

THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT is very well written and not at all scholarly. It's written in a way that appeals to history buffs. The text is accompanied by dozens of contemporary photographs and pictures, which add much detail and information.
Also included are various essays of contributing authors, the topics ranging from a portrait of Lewis POWELL, "mystery man" of the conspiracy, to the depiction of the assassination in movies.

This history book is as exciting as a thriller novel, a real pageturner. Believe me, even in case you are not overly interested in civil war history, you'll enjoy it, because it is so thrilling.
HIGHLY recommended.

Well written and very informative.......2002-04-03

I was surprised by how much information was packed into this slim volume. The pictures are well chosen to complement the text. And the essays from other scholars help add light to this turning point in US history.

A great summary of the tragic last day of A. Lincoln.......2000-07-29

I bought this book at Ford's theatre gift shop after asking the giftshop supervisor which book has the best narrative and accurate summary of the events leading up to John Wilkes Booth assasination of President Abraham Lincoln, she recommended this book. I must say that she made an excellent choice. This is an excellent book that not only gives the details of the assasination of Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, but also gives the background of the mentally imbalanced actor John Wilkes Booth and his cohorts of assasins. This is the companion to the TNT original movie "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" which in itself is an excellent movie. But by itself this book stands on itself as giving the all around perspective both North and South to the views of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and the ultimate defeat of the Confederacy. In this book the eyewitness accounts of the assasination are told by the people who were in the theatre box with the President and First Lady as well as by the people who were in the audience. The events after the shot was fired are given in first hand accounts, and narratives and perspectives years after Lincoln's death. There is a chapter that even gives focus on the rumor's of Booth's escape and living to an old age, but I agree with the book's analysis that this was just rumor. Booth did die by a soldier's bullet a couple of weeks after Lincoln's death. Overall, this is a great read that anyone could enjoy from early High School to a U.S. History Major college student, or any US History enthusiast who wants to know more about the death of President Lincoln.

Best book about the events leading up to Lincoln's death.......2000-06-30

Richard Bak has done an extraordinary job explaining in great detail all of the events that led up to the shooting and eventual death of President Lincoln. Out of the many books that I have read about Abraham Lincoln, this is one of the few that made me almost feel like I was there. He has gone to great lengths to find who was involved and just what took place in great detail in the hours prior to the shooting. I was amazed to read about just what some of the people that were there at the theater that night had experienced and how they felt at the time. It also told how unstable Mary Lincoln was and how one of her outbusts directed at Mrs. Grant days before the shooting had been the reason that the Grants didn't attend the play that evening with them. The book explains that Lincoln expected to be assassinated and that there was nothing that he or anyone else could do to prevent it from happening. I believe that this book would be must have book for any Abraham Lincoln fanatic like myself. After I read this book, I immediately bought the companion video. I highly recommend that anyone considering the purchase of this book also purchase the video. You will definately not be disappointed.

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The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Jim Bishop
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Using primary source material such as newspapers, political cartoons, songs, and poems, students are transported back in time to events that changed the very course of American history. The compelling drama behind the headlines is revealed as students peel away layer upon layer of fascinating first-hand accounts of these important events. Each book includes a 17" x 22" pull-out newspaper reproduction, as well as excerpts of real newspaper articles that are printed as reproducibles.

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THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT
Scholastic
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THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT
Bishop. Jim
Manufacturer: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1955
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Jim Bishop
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Bishop Jim
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Day Lincoln Was Shot
Jim Bishop
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Jim Bishop
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Marking the centenary of the first publication of a now-classic volume, this thoroughly revised and updated edition continues the tradition of excellence offering over 17,500 profiles of notable achievers. With more than 3,000 completely new entries, the Chambers Biographical Dictionary provides expanded coverage of contemporary figures including a wide range of luminaries such as Nadine Gordimer, Alan Greenspan, Wayne Gretzky. Still notable for its global and historical perspective - from Alexander the Great to Nelson Mandela - this new book covers an ever broader spectrum of human achievement including the arts, science and technology, popular entertainment, sports, religion, the media, politics and business. Each fascinating biography includes the historical and social context. A more attractive and readable volume than ever, each also entry now features a convenient at-a-glance summary under the name, while particularly important and influential people are highlighted in special boxed entries. Fully indexed with alphabetical and subject indexes. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary remains an essential reference for the general reader as well as writers, journalists and researchers.

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Compendium
More valuable and handier than might at first appear

Chambers Biographical Dictionary

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Compendium.......2006-04-06

This tome might be more accurately titled or described as a Biographical Compendium, not a Dictionary. It compares favorably with Webster's New Biographical Dictionary in that it contains more entries and is more current but compares unfavorably in that it does not contain the diacritical annotation required for the proper pronunciation of any of the entries. If you need a reference tool for speech writing, oral presentations, or the like, this Dictionary will not work out for you. If you need a reference tool that provides mini-bios, this will do.

More valuable and handier than might at first appear.......2004-03-27

Chambers is the leading name in reference works in the UK, and so it is not surprising that this is an excellent work. The question is do you really need a biographical dictionary? Just how handy is it, and does it contain the names of people you might be interested in?

I got along without one for many years, but I find it increasingly valuable not only for my reading and writing but for following the news. I used to look up spellings in the back of my Merriam-Webster dictionary (one of the uses of a biographical dictionary), but found that only worked for really famous and usually dead people. Now when a newsworthy person is mentioned I can look that person up in the Chambers biographical dictionary and usually find an entry. Even if that person is not found, at least I know that he or she is new to the celebrity game.

Let's check some names and see. Osama Bin Laden? Yes, he is found under "Bin Laden, Osama bin Mohammad," born 1957, "Saudia Arabian terrorist leader." He gets about 250 words. His near exact contemporary on the next page, "Bird, Larry (Joe)," born 1956 "US basketball player" gets about 90 words. Between them I find "Binoche, Juliette," born 1964 "French actress" with maybe 80 words.

Well, what about, say, the Buddha? Yes, he appears and gets a special text box as befits "the enlightened one." (Jesus Christ, "believed to be both human and divine," gets a bigger box.) Others getting boxes are poet T.S. Eliot. He gets almost as much space as Jesus. And Queen Elizabeth I, etc. Shakespeare tops them with two big text boxes.

What about the possible UK-bias in the selection of names? There is a slight bias, but remember Chambers wants to sell this book not only in the bigger US market but to English-speaking people world wide, so the bias is kept to a minimum. One thing to note is that your run-of-the mill US congressman is not listed. Orrin Hatch (long-time Republican senator from Utah) does not appear, but the late Strom Thurmond does. Of course President George W. Bush does appear, but embarrassingly enough (embarrassing for the precognitive powers of the editors, perhaps) Massachusetts Senator John Kerry does not appear.

Scientists are not neglected. There's a box for Stephen Hawking, for example, and biologist Edward O. Wilson gets a mention. Even literary critics appear, the late Edmund Wilson, but not Harold Bloom. Speaking of blooms, Judy Sussman Blume, "US writer for teenagers" gets a hundred words, but US writer for adults, Howard Bloom does not appear.

Una McGovern, who is the editor for this the Seventh Edition, writes in the Preface that the criteria for inclusion is the same as it has always been, "achievement and recognition" while hinting slyly that "recognition" is probably the more important factor. There are "over 17,500 biographies" stuffed into 1,650 two-column pages. The book weighs about five pounds so it's a little bit of a problem for extensively perusing while in bed. Every edition adds new celebrities, so some old ones have to be eliminated to keep this to a one-volume work. There are about 500 new entries for this edition including Madonna (the new one, not the old, although "Mary, Mother of Jesus," does rate one and a half column inches.) And speaking of Biblical comparisons, I recall that the Beatles had remarked some years ago that they were more famous than Jesus of Nazareth. Let's see what Chambers thinks: Well, the Beatles do get a 700-word box, but Jesus gets one twice as large.

Bottom line: more entertaining than one might expect (but this is a Chambers reference book trademark--see their quotation books), and definitely worth the relatively modest investment.

Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsm 5vol

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Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsm 5vol
Robert Chambers
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen 5 Volumes

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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen 5 Volumes
Robert Chambers and Thomas Thomson
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A Biographical Dictionary Of Eminent Scotsmen V1

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Biographical Dictionary Of Eminent Scotsmen, A (4 Volumes0

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Biographical Dictionary Of Eminent Scotsmen, A (4 Volumes0
Robert Chambers
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. 5 volumes
Robert Chambers
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. In Five volumes. Originally edited by Robert Chambers

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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. In Five volumes. Originally edited by Robert Chambers
Robert and Thomson, Rev Thos Chambers
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: 3 Volume Set

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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: 3 Volume Set
Robert (original editor); Thomson, Rev. Thomas (revised) Chambers
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A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen: With a supplemental volume, continuing the biographies to the present time,

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A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen: With a supplemental volume, continuing the biographies to the present time,
Robert Chambers
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