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crtney 's review for:
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
The narrative of the events leading up to the assassination and through to the capture of the assassins was fast paced and quite interesting. However, I found the overall work too speculative and sensational. Too often the authors tell me what someone was thinking or how they acted in their solitary moments without offering any proof as to how the authors know these things--the best I get is a general list of books that they say were the major influencers in their research; I would have preferred footnotes as I really don't have the time or inclination to read through all those books to see what was fact and what was what the authors believe may have happened. This may be a little too nit picky but I also didn't care very much the way that the authors were constantly switching back and forth between how they chose to identify major characters--especially didn't care for it in the case of General Robert E. Lee who was referred to by that name, by Lee, and by Marse Lee (a Southern term that some may have used in referring to him at the time--I particularly didn't care for this last repeated use as it felt intentionally disrespectful). The authors also open and close with the idea that this assassination changed America significantly and we, therefore, should particularly familiarize ourselves with this part of history. However, they do not address any of these actual changes or why they have made a difference in my world today--which wouldn't normally be a flaw but since they are the ones brining it up in the first place I wish they would have addressed it.