Sarah Vowell's Assassination

Reagan Hunt Connections March 10, 2017 Assassin Anna Myers Summary Anna Myers’s historical fiction novel Assassin gives a detailed and thought-provoking account of President Lincoln's assassination. Alternating narration depicts events through the eyes of both John Wilkes Booth and young girl Arabella Getchel. Bella is a seamstress in the White House during Lincoln's presidency who pursues her dream of performing in the theater by working late hours at Ford’s Theater in exchange for show tickets. Here Bella meets “Wilkes,” a famous and handsome actor. Entirely loyal to the South and Confederacy, Wilkes’s charming smile and smooth voice are famously captivating.

"In his new young adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. With an unprecedented eye for dramatic details and impeccable historical accuracy -- to tell the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before. " J.F.K. is shot. The country is in shock. The world will never be the same. This is the story found in the book, "The President has Been Shot" by James L. Swanson. The book "The President Has Been Shot", by James L. Swanson, is a great example of the genre historical non-fiction because, it has all the characteristics of the genre including the people, events and places presented in the book are real, the narrator of the book is a real person, it was written for a specific audience, or group of readers.

Sarah Vowell’s “Shooting Dad” discusses the relationship between a daughter and father. Engaged in a lifelong opposition to her father’s politics, interests, and his work, Vowell discovers just how much she actually has in common with him. Throughout her adolescent years, she was her father’s polar opposite. Her room was littered with musical instruments, albums, and Democratic campaign posters while her father’s, an avid gunsmith, was strewn with metal shavings and Republican party posters. Amongst all this conflict, Vowell found that they had more in common with each other than either of them realized. As she looks back on her childhood, Vowell explains that although it may take a while to see and understand others’ perspectives, once you

Killing Lincoln is a very well written historical novel that grabs the reader like a well written thriller. The book keeps the reader on the edge of his/her seat with the brutality of war as well as the intrigue of a shadowy

To resume to the summary, the book “Chasing Lincoln's Killer” by James L. Swanson. The book is about the killer John Wilkes Booth, and not shows the full view of Abraham Lincoln because the book is talking about John Wilkes Booth Saga. The Story follows John Wilkes Booth along with his plan, and the plan was to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. The book shows the sketch also, shows how he, J. Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln a point blank shot kill. After he killed the president, John Wilkes Booth flead from the theatre and went out of Washington to keep himself safe from danger. Throughout his adventure, he has been going through ups and downs across his road, on the contrary he had companions to help him out when he his going through horrible times. John Wilkes Booth helpers gave him a home to live even having the risk of being arrested for helping out a murderer. This means, it shows that John Wilkes Booth reputation is high and can have an ample amount of helpers throughout his

In Sarah Vowell’s essay she talks about her life and the role her father and guns have played in it. Being a gunsmith, her father’s life revolves around guns and he loves it. This is not a view shared by his daughter who finds that guns are constantly getting in her space. Due to this overabundance of guns and gun-loving ideas in the household and her father trying to force his own republican opinion on her, Sarah has developed a strong distaste for guns.

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.

According to Engelberg (1986), Chin showed little to no remorse for his actions. In the interview he read from a list of points in Chinese characters, he said that prison was a small price to pay in exchange for improving the lives of one billion Chinese. He believed his native country greatly benefited from closer relations with the United States. Chin’s only motivation for committing espionage was to better U.S. and Chinese relations.

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

I did learn the true story behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. I have heard stories but I wanted to know all of it, like the reasons behind it and the aftermath. Another thing is that I learned that they were not advanced in medicine, especially not enough to save the president. I did learn that Booth had originally planned to kidnap Lincoln which I was unaware of and that Booth would not have assassinated Lincoln if his kidnapping plan would of went right. This article also makes me learn that maybe if I go see a play to just settle for one of the normal seats at the

O’Reilly says he is able to go straight to the people with the knowledge and that helps him (Boyer 2011). The book never showed any favoritism to either sides. The facts are stated and conspiracies are tested which allows a reader to become more engaged in the book and this helps you to continue reading. Of course, there are always critics that disapprove. The book itself is banned by Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site which could keep some readers from reading it (Williams 2012). Second, the book also does not show documentation or hard evidence that the other assassinations were a part of the plan (Williams 2012). However, these two points the book is a great read, especially for history goo

Over the summer I read chasing lincoln's killer by James Swanson. The book takes place in April of 1865 in Washington D.C. The story does not entirely revolve around Abraham Lincoln, but rather his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The book begins eight hours before the assassination of the president. The narrator describes the actor’s plan of attack. Booth had a team of confederates including Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt. They arranged for the murder of not only Abraham Lincoln, but also the Vice-President Andrew Johnson, and the Secretary of state William Seward. Powell failed his attempt to kill Seward, and Atzerodt decided against his part of the assassination, leaving only Booth’s crime and Herold’s to be described in extensive

The Killer Angels was published in 1974 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The author, Michael Shaara, was teaching at Florida State University and writing many science fiction and other subjects of stories at the same time. After publishing many science fiction stories and boxing subject novel, The Broken Place, he chose a different subject to work on, which was history about Gettysburg. He did research on first-person memories, diaries and letters, and spent seven years to finish The Killer Angels. The following review will include some main arguments of this book along with sources and evidence.

For example, Nazer reports that “For ten months, the world has watched in horror as Bashar al Assad’s regime carries out regular massacres against unarmed citizens… to quell unrest…” (Nazer par. 2). This example shows the reader that Assad’s heinous actions emphasize that power corrupts those who possess it. In the same way Assad’s massacre of the citizens is similar to the mass murders of the hens. Orwell writes, “The three hens who attempted