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“historical thriller.” It makes the reader question, “Is it really true?” with every turning page. Bill O’Reilly claims that everything mentioned is true and “unsanitized,” so a whole new story is opened to the audience, such as Booth being funded by the Confederate states and the Booth family being closely related to the Lincoln family. However, if everything is true, the question still remains: What is the most significant truth? Many people may refer to the cold hard facts about Lincoln’s assassination

Authorial/Historical Background and Point-of-View Fittingly born on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, James L. Swanson has always had a fascination of our 16th president’s life. At only ten years old, Swanson’s grandmother gave him a very peculiar gift for a child: “a framed engraving of Booth’s Deringer pistol, along with an April 15, 1865 Chicago Tribune clipping.” The newspaper story he received relived the terrible day of Lincoln’s death, but as Swanson read, he realized the ending of the story was

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

Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in a small log cabin that no longer exists, this cabin was located in Harford County, Maryland. He was one of ten kids, four of which did not live through their youth and were buried in a small family cemetery. Most of his neighbors adored Booth in his childhood. One of Booth’s favorites was Aunty Rogers, for when one day “he got a large cut in his head” she came over to the farm to stitch up the cut and to sterilize the wound. His parents Junius Brutus Booth and

going to be great, and it had to be. Shelly had been preparing like crazy, and her guests were finally here. First in her house was Jack Sparrow, followed by the famous singer, Ariana Grande. Then came President Abraham Lincoln with Mr. John Wilkes Booth in the tow. “I don’t really know what is going on, but may I ask where the rum is?”, Captain Jack Sparrow asked. “No rum! I am only twelve!” Shelly responded. She knew Jack would ask that but Shelly had a few tricks up her sleeve. “Well then good

March 4, 1865.Many people were there that rainy day to see him take the oath. One of the many was John Wilkes Booth, a confederate sympathizer with wit and charm that could make any woman swoon. His good looks made him a famous actor. His fiancee, Lucy Hale, is next to him. Her father, U.S. Senator John Parker Hale, does not know of their engagement, for he would not approve of the actor. Booth

was the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. If you know not, Confederate Army General, Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union Lt. General, Ulysses S Grant after the last battle of the war in the morning. Then, one week ago, John Wilkes Booth murdered Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. Since I was his Vice President, and he died, I am now the President. I am glad that the war is over and the bloodshed is done. The Surrender at Appomattox filled me with joy. As for the Lincoln assassination

surrenders to Grant and the Civil War ends. During the Civil War, actor and Confederate supporter John Wilkes Booth is plotting the demise of President Abraham Lincoln. His family and even his fiancee don’t know how extreme his support for the Confederate cause is. Booth met with

John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln on March 20, 1865, but on that day the president did not arrive at the location they thought he would. Once Booth figured out that Lincoln was going to Ford’s Theater he and his conspirators planned to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William H. Seward (“Abraham”/history.com). Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. As the president could not escape the southern sympathizers the nation

tour from Springfield to Washington, there was an incident which took place towards the end of the tour. Lincoln was informed by several different people that there was a plan in place to ambush and assassinate him in Baltimore, Maryland (John Wilkes Booths’ hometown). This plan was supposed to take place before he had the chance to make it to Washington to be elected. Lincoln decided to take the advice of his friends, even though he wasn’t completely sure that there really was a plan to murder him,