The Miami Valley School Library

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln /

Marinelli, Deborah A.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln / Deborah A. Marinelli. - 1st ed. - New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2002. - 64 p. ; col. ill. ; 24 cm. - The library of political assassinations .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.

The night Lincoln was shot -- The climate surrounding the assassination -- John Wilkes Booth and the unfolding of the assassination -- The reaction to President Lincoln's assassination -- How Lincoln's assassination changed the course of history.

Discusses the lives of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, the political reasons for, and details of, the assassination plan, and Lincoln's legacy.

0823935396 9780823935390

2001002762

E457.5 / .M24 2002

973.7 MAR