Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

3.85 AVERAGE

seagul's review against another edition

4.0
A very thrilling book about an even that changed the world. O'Reilliy writes masterfully and brings the actions of 150 years ago to life on the page

vannahcabana's review against another edition

3.75
informative reflective medium-paced
This was a very informative book on the assassination of Lincoln. It details many of the eyewitnesses and the perpetrators’ accounts of the event. I wouldn’t say this is a non-biased account, but you can make your own conclusions on that! Definitely gruesome towards the end so just beware!
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cdjdhj's review against another edition

4.0
This is a highly interesting and readable book. I would like to have seen more footnotes and documentation. There was a lot of detail in the book, but only about two pages of notes telling the sources of information. Overall, however, it is a good book that lives to the current acclaim.
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harleyrae's review against another edition

4.0
Surprisingly enough I actually really enjoyed this. I love history, always have, I love it so much I'm actually majoring in general history, but I don't really like reading history books. I have to be really really interested in the topic at hand or I don't enjoy it at all. So because I love Lincoln and the Civil War era I decided to pick this up. I'm so glad I did. I learned a few thing I had never known before, and got a bit more information on thing I already did know. My favorite part of this whole book though it how its written. Its written like a thriller, so it reads like a thriller. Because of this it goes by much fast than you think it would, and is actually a very exciting read.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and plan of picking up more books in this Killing of Historical Figures series.

qjbrown96's review against another edition

4.0
Every American knows John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln but most people don’t really know everything that went on before during and after. Definitely a must read. I would give it 5 stars but I feel like they padded this book a lot

lazy_raven's review against another edition

4.0
The way its written makes it seem like a docu-drama

jal755's review against another edition

2.0
Quite a few historical errors.

tomern14's review against another edition

4.0
Extremely good account of the civil war. Got very dry after battles ended but nonetheless learned a lot about the background and aftermath of Lincoln’s death. One of the better non-fiction books I’ve read.
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the_at_man's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark tense fast-paced
The amount of hypothetical thoughts scat ered throughout this book almost categorizes it as historical fiction, however, it is still a captivating read. I finish it in the day. 

sstinchecum's review against another edition

5.0
emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced