Chasing Lincoln's Killer Book Report

The book chasing Lincoln killer begins with Lincoln inauguration. There is a man named john Wilkes booth that is plotting to kill Lincoln, and on April 14, 1865 when booth found out that Lincoln would be attending the play Our American Cousin that night he decided to murder him then. And on the night of April 14, at 10:13pm Lincoln was shot. Lincoln was taken to a house where he lie in bed deaf and wounded but still breathing. Then at 7:22 and ten seconds, Lincoln’s heart stopped beating Lincoln was dead. Along with killing Lincoln booth and his conspirators planned to kill the vice president, , and secretary of state William H. Seward. But George Atzerodt did not decide to kill …, and Lewis Powell succeeded in only injuring Seward. After Lincoln

The book Lincoln's Last Day's was a #1 New York Times bestseller its a biography about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This book was written by Bill o'reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman and was published in 1866.it was split in to four parts. The first part "The Beginning of The End of The War" talks about the beginning of the civil war between the north and the south and how it ended with a peace treaty. The second part "The Conspiracy to Assassinate" talks about the conspiracy that there will be a chance that Lincoln will be assassinated and all the threats he has here'd that he will be killed. The third part is Lincoln's last Day which talks about Lincoln's final moments in the office and that he plans to go to fords theater to wach a play and John Wilkes Booth here's about him going so he tacks the advantage an went to the theater and shot him in the back then fleeing the scene of the crime. The forth part was about every one trying to catch the assassins. There was more than one assassin and they all had a different target but the only one that had succeeded his mission was John Wilkes Booth. They captured the others how had failed to assassinate there targets. They still had to go after John Wilkes Booth how was trying to escape to Virginia . They had finally stopped him in April 26 1865 after dragging his wounded body out of a burning barn.

What I Learned: I have learned all about Lincoln’s assassination. I learned that John Wilkes Booth tried to kill Lincoln before. I also learned about Lincoln's cabinet member and Booth’s conspirators and what they did. One main thing I learn from this book is having compassion.

Lincoln was transformed from a controversial and often unpopular leader into a martyr and hero.” The other revolves around John Wilkes Booth as he tries desperately to survive until he can escape deep into the heart of the Confederate states. In the beginning of the book the North and South were at war and at the point the South gave up starting a small “war” between Lincoln and the North. At that time while the war was going on President Lincoln, His wife, Major Rathbone, and his fiance Clara went to a play where Booth snuck up behind the president and killed him

Everyone knows that John Wilkes Booth was the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, but not everyone knows John Wilkes Booth’s take on it. Like Why did he do it? Who were his accomplices? What happened after he did it? Well that is was this paper is about.

In the book, Killing Lincoln, author Bill O’Reilly portrayed John Wilkes Booth as an obsessed assassin who recruited various conspirators. He described the events leading to President Lincoln’s murder and the hunt to capture Booth and his cohorts. Killing Lincoln is comprehensible to anyone as young as a middle schooler, although it would be best suited for an older reader with an interest in history and politics. Killing Lincoln could also be appealing to those intrigued by conspiracy plots and criminal motives. O’Reilly constructed an action packed thriller of patriotism and war to keep the reader engaged.

History class to many falls as a boring lesson, memorizing facts nobody will use in life. The day America got it’s independence, the dates of the end of World War 1 and 2. These facts may seem useless, but behind each one, their is a story with so many valiant people, a story with people who must be forever condemned, and facts that we can always use. In the book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, written by James L. Swanson, there is one such story about the death of Abraham Lincoln and the manhunt that followed. What is really important about this story is that there are heroes, who should be remembered, and attackers whose actions must always be condemned. Most importantly, this book shows how many people worked together in order to catch the escapees

After that, the book speaks to how John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices planned and executed the assassination of President Lincoln. The book then details John Wilkes Booth and his perils of getting away to a place where he can seek refuge from the manhunt. Next, Andrew Johnson is sworn in and takes the office ofhte presidency as the seventeenth president. Booth continues running for twelve days following the assassination of President Lincoln. It was on the twelfth day that Booth was apprehended in a tobacco warehouse on Garrett Farm. After setting the barn containing John Wilkes Booth ablaze, a firefight ensued. Though the soldiers were ordered not to kill John Wilkes Booth, a corpral named Boston Cobrett shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, claiming that God has instructed him to do it. With the head of the conspiracy dead, there were still other people that were somehow involved with the plot to assassinate Lincoln, Mary Surratt, David Herald, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell faced trial on July 6, 1865, and were all four hanged on July 7,

The feeling of change, is one many are afraid of. Moreover, the possibility of moving on from the style of one life into the unknown world where they are vulnerable, is frightening to many, unthinkable to some. After the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of Southerners refused to believe in a world where African Americans were also citizens of the Union, one where they were all men were free. While most maintained peace in order to prevent more mayhem, some decided to act out. John Wilkes Booth was one of these such men, and he demonstrated his anger through murder. Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 15th, 1865 .The book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, written by James L. Swanson reports the anger felt by Booth, in addition to the manhunt that followed, and the shocked nation left behind. The magnitude of emotions felt by Booth leads him to this traitorous act, and this text shows a lot about the how people react to change in their life, because of fear of change, and the annoyance of a new system. Most importantly this text shows us how even through the pain from the worst, there is always a better door in life, waiting to be opened.

April 15, 1865 was a highly anticipated evening at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. President Abraham Lincoln, along with Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward were scheduled to attend a showing of Our American Cousin. This enjoyable gathering soon turned to tragedy for the American leaders. In the middle of the performance, shots were fired and blood was shed while the unassuming audience sat oblivious to the events unfolding. John Wilkes Booth executed his scheme to assassinate President Lincoln, one of the most important and influential men in American history, who inspired the masses with his unexpected rise to power.

The book essentially goes over Lincoln’s killer and his plans and what his thoughts were before, during and after the shooting of President Lincoln. It is a book that mainly focuses on John Wilkes Booth , the killer, and his plans and how it panned out. John Wilkes Booth was an actor and lived a wealthy life, he was someone who was considered very handsome by many and someone with fine clothes. His tactics per se were not well planned out. John Wilkes Booth had tried to kidnap President Lincoln before, but he failed to do so he planned on bringing Lincoln to the South and demanding peace, Boothe had recently heard about the appearance the Lincolns would be given at the Ford 's theatre, he knew the Lincoln’s would have a box inside the theatre where he would sit . Although he committed the act of assassinating President Lincoln he did not plan on how he was going to get through to him,the obstacles he would have to overcome, he just knew he would do whatever he needed to do to get the task done. Booth was someone who did not like Lincoln’s plans for America, especially the south. He yelled “ The South is avenged” after killing the president of the United States. Not only were his thoughts on ending the President but also the Vice President and the Secretary of State because of what they stood for.

4. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer is a complete retelling of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln along with the 12-day manhunt that followed for the infamous John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. The Confederacy has just recently lost the Civil War to the Union. John Wilkes Booth, a devoted confederate, decides to do something with his strong anger towards the union: killing the president of the United States.

The mystery of how John Wilkes Booth pulled off the most influential and notorious assassinations in history is revealed in Killing Lincoln. The author of this book, Bill O’Reilly, built up the plot of the story through vivid historical details and pieced them together like a thriller. He tries to explain all of what happened on one of the most interesting and sad days in American history. Many conspiracies and Civil War ideals are on full display in the book. I agree with most of O’Reilly’s ideas but there are some that I am not really sure about because of his point of view like many of the conspiracy theories. Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly was a very compelling read which described the Civil War, lives of

John Wilkes Booth’s initial plan was to actually not kill Lincoln, but to kidnap him and hold him

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