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The Murder That Shocked The Nation |
| A riveting account of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination |
| Sarasota, FL – On April 15, 1865, a newly united America mourned the death of its president, Abraham Lincoln. Now, in a compelling new book released through Xlibris, author Brendan Egan, Jr. puts together the events that led to his death and the aftermath in Murder at Ford’s Theatre. |
| It was a sad generation that limped through 1865. The embers of the recent civil war were dying but a fanatical actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth was bent on fanning it back to life. Unsettled with the South’s defeat, Booth plotted to bring down the President of the Federal Government and some of his political companions in order to rebuild what had been a lost cause. |
| Booth’s opportunity arrived in the form of Our American Cousin, a theatrical play that was to be staged at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. Being a famed actor, Booth was familiar with the theatre, having performed there many times. When he got wind that Lincoln was attending the play, his murderous plan quickly came into form. |
| Witness the grisly murder that shocked the nation and changed American history forever. After reading this gripping historical account, readers will never feel the same again. The whole country never did, after all. Not after that fateful April morning in 1958. Not for Abe Lincoln - who went from being hated to being revered – and not for the country that had already lost too much in its own war. |
| About the Author Brendan Egan, Ed.D., has been an educator for many years and for many decades has had a consuming interest in the Lincoln assassination. Research was ongoing in the Washington, D.C., area, including historical locations and Booth’s escape route. Dr. Egan currently lives in Sarasota, Florida. |
| Murder at Ford’s Theatre * by Brendan H. Egan, Jr. |
| Chronicle of an Assassination |
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ISBN13: 978-1-4257-6855-3 (Trade Paperback) ISBN: 1-4257-6855-5 (Trade Paperback) ISBN13: 978-1-4257-6880-5 (Hardback) ISBN: 1-4257-6880-6 (Hardback) Pages: 390 Subject: HISTORY / General |
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