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376 reviews for:
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
3.85 AVERAGE
376 reviews for:
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
3.85 AVERAGE
Like him or not, Bill O'Reilly can tell a great story. With the combined skills of a journalist and researcher, he again captures the suspense, heartache, and characters of the tragic events of April 1865. You ache for the Lincolns and cry out to the villains, aching for a return to sanity to save a great man. Easy read with great historical detail.
Slow starting, as I wasn't really into the description of all the battles- but once he got to Part 2 it was fantastic!
It was suspenseful, entertaining and its hard to remember sometimes that it was non-fiction.
I found the afterword almost the most interesting, because of the sheer amount of people who ended up in a mental institution.
It was suspenseful, entertaining and its hard to remember sometimes that it was non-fiction.
I found the afterword almost the most interesting, because of the sheer amount of people who ended up in a mental institution.
I can promise no historian would ever take this book seriously. Classic "history-buff" fluff.
While Bill O'Reilly's voice kind of irritates me (I listened to this one instead of reading it), I really enjoyed this telling about Lincoln's last days and found the story extremely engaging.
I'd give this one star if it wasn't so readable. Most of the information is correct, but a lot of the little details, and major ones, are off or wrong. Given the sources that they use (though none are directly cited) the reasons for the oversights and misinformation are obvious.
***1/2
I am no fan of Bill O'Reilly's but I am big fan of Honest Abe's so I wanted to read this despite the book's authorship. I have read that some of the facts here are misguided, but I did enjoy the book for what it was: an abridged version of the final moments of the Civil War and the Abraham Lincoln's life. It is not a bad thing if it gets more people to read about our 16th president. He deserves to be recognized for his merits and if this book encourages others to read forward and lean more about him, then all the better.
I am no fan of Bill O'Reilly's but I am big fan of Honest Abe's so I wanted to read this despite the book's authorship. I have read that some of the facts here are misguided, but I did enjoy the book for what it was: an abridged version of the final moments of the Civil War and the Abraham Lincoln's life. It is not a bad thing if it gets more people to read about our 16th president. He deserves to be recognized for his merits and if this book encourages others to read forward and lean more about him, then all the better.
The assassination plot against President Lincoln goes much deeper than I ever realized. Growing up, I'd heard a basic version about thespian John Wilkes Booth and his infamous flair for the dramatic, but I never stopped to consider or to learn that the conspiracy to end the President's life went beyond just one man. This book is a quick and easy read, and tells the final weeks of Lincoln's life in a thoughtful, informative, and engaging manner.
This account of Lincoln's assassination read like a novel and yet was very enlightening in regards to the facts and theories surrounding John Wilkes Booth's infamous crime.