673 pages
English language
Published May 2, 2013 by Thorndike Press, Gale, Cengage Learning.
The hour of peril
the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Daniel Stashower: The hour of peril (2013, Thorndike Press, Gale, Cengage Learning)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4104-5631-1
- OCLC Number:
- 1001909742
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In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a "clear and fully matured" threat of assassination as he traveled by train from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration. Over a period of thirteen days the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a captivating young widow named Kate Warne, America's first female private eye.
Subjects
- Presidents
- Assassination attempt, 1861
- Assassination attempts
- History
Places
- United States
- Baltimore (Md.)