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The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War
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The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War / Daniel Stashower.
ISBN
9780312600228 (hbk.)
0312600224 (hbk.)
9781250023322 (e-book)
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : Minotaur Books, 2013.
Physical Description
ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
Summary
Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Long, narrow boxes
The cooper and the rail-splitter. His hour had not yet come ; The apprentice ; How I became a detective ; Ardent spirits ; Pink lady ; Let us dare to do our duty ; It's coming yet
Plums and nuts. A pig-tail whistle ; Mobtown ; Suspicions of danger ; Hostile organizations ; The man and the hour ; If I alone must do it ; A postponed rebellion ; A rabid rebel ; Whitewash ; The music agent ; A few determined men ; An assault of some kind ; The assassin's knife
The martyr and the scapegoat. The flight of Abraham ; The hour of peril ; Some very tall swearing ; An infamous lie.
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