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Killing Lincoln Bill O Reilly Summary

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Bill O’Reilly’s, Killing Lincoln, is a nonfiction novel based on the assassination of the United States 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Bill O’Reilly has a writing style that captivates his readers with historical facts in a story format. In this novel, Bill O’Reilly puts emphasis on the assassin, John Wilks Booth and his plans that lead up to the death of Lincoln. This event that occurs at the end of the Civil War, changes America drastically. John Wilks Booth, an actor and hater of the south and blacks, makes plans to tear apart the United State’s government by planning his assassins timing to kill part of Lincoln’s Cabinet along with the president’s death. However, his original plan involved only capturing President Lincoln, then holding him hostage in exchange for confederate prisoners of war. But not long before his plans were going to take place, …show more content…

O’Reilly gives colorful descriptions of what is happening during the Civil War and what effects it has on the nation. It expanded my knowledge on the difficulties that the soldiers in the confederate army had to endure. It also gave me more understanding of the extent of hatred that mankind has shown towards others throughout the course of history. Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly is a must read novel.

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O’Reilly, Bill. Killing Lincoln . New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2011. Print.
John Wilks Booth, an actor and hater of the south and blacks, makes plans to tear apart the United State’s government by planning his assassins timing to kill part of Lincoln’s Cabinet along with the president’s death. Bill O’Reilly’s representation of President Lincoln in this novel is not one of a hero, or a victim, but to expand upon this tragic event. The killing of Lincoln occurs at the end of the Civil War, and changes America

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