Scan barcode
robdabear's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting personal approach to Lincoln's final day, this book really makes me feel "there," present for every event, hour by hour, and occasionally times before or after. At times there were monotonous descriptive bits, but they never detracted too much to the books entertainment value, paired with facts. Of course, I'm just a disinterested student, so I didn't love it, but it's not something to hate.
mickey_d's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This was an incredible account of the assassination of President Lincoln. It’s so so detailed and in narrative—easy to read and follow. Even though I knew how it would end, I found myself enthralled, unable to put the book down until I got to the last page. A moving tribute. An amazing book.
janeycapers's review against another edition
Slow but very interesting and well written.
komet2020's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I read this book whilst in junior high school in the late 1970s and was wholly enthralled with it. Bishop takes the reader almost hour by hour through that fateful day in April 1865 as it proved to be for President Lincoln and the nation.
More...