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jennifermreads 's review for:
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
My bonus-dad has been bugging me to read this for EONS. I finally started it just prior to leaving for a weekend getaway. I made it to Chapter 28 before our return home.
I was a little worried at first. The book starts with such detailed description of the final Civil War battles that I feared I’d drown in military boringness! I knew immediately that this is what drew bonus-dad in – and I totally understood the use of the descriptions as giving context for the assassination. But they were losing me! I promised myself (and bonus-dad) I’d read until 50 pages into Part Two of the book. This turned out to be a wise choice as I then soared through the remaining pages.
I’ve done lots of reading on Lincoln, his presidency, and his assassination. This is a worthy edition to the body of work. It is an easy read, seems factual (in that it follows what I’ve read elsewhere), and is formatted to keep the pages rapidly spinning through a reader’s fingers. The only minus (and, as a librarian, it is a big minus) was the lack of endnotes or footnotes; the accompanying “Notes” were inadequate and hardly served as enough to convince the skeptics of sufficient proof & research.
I was a little worried at first. The book starts with such detailed description of the final Civil War battles that I feared I’d drown in military boringness! I knew immediately that this is what drew bonus-dad in – and I totally understood the use of the descriptions as giving context for the assassination. But they were losing me! I promised myself (and bonus-dad) I’d read until 50 pages into Part Two of the book. This turned out to be a wise choice as I then soared through the remaining pages.
I’ve done lots of reading on Lincoln, his presidency, and his assassination. This is a worthy edition to the body of work. It is an easy read, seems factual (in that it follows what I’ve read elsewhere), and is formatted to keep the pages rapidly spinning through a reader’s fingers. The only minus (and, as a librarian, it is a big minus) was the lack of endnotes or footnotes; the accompanying “Notes” were inadequate and hardly served as enough to convince the skeptics of sufficient proof & research.