The Hour of Peril
The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
New York : Minotaur Books, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Minotaur Books paperback edition.
Description: vii, 355 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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.
Contents:
Introduction: Long, narrow boxes -- pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 -- A single red ballot -- Whitewash -- The music agent -- A few determined men -- An assault of some kind -- The assassin's knife -- pt. 3. The martyr and the scapegoat. -- The flight of Abraham -- The hour of peril -- Some very tall swearing -- Epilogue: An infamous lie.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination attempt, 1861.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States.
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination attempt, 1861.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States.
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
ISBN:
1250042666
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Lincoln Sta | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
Agatha Award for Nonfiction, 2013.
Agatha Award for Nonfiction, 2013.