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The president is shot! the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The brutal murder of Abraham Lincoln shocked America and changed our history forever. Why Booth killed Lincoln and how the assassination transformed Lincoln from man to myth is explored.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Holzer, Harold
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	The brutal murder of Abraham Lincoln shocked America and changed our history forever. Why Booth killed Lincoln and how the assassination transformed Lincoln from man to myth is explored.
Physical Description:	181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-172) and index.
ISBN:	1563979853
Author Notes:	Harold Holzer is one of the leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He is a prolific writer and lecturer. He has written, co-written and edited over 30 books including Abraham Lincoln, The Writer (2000), which was named to the Children's Literature Choice List and the Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year, and Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (2004), which won a 2005 Lincoln Prize. He has also written over 425 popular magazine and scholarly journal articles and numerous pamphlets and monographs. He has won numerous awards including the Barondess Award of the Civil War Round Table of New York five times; the Award of Achievement from the Lincoln Group of New York three times; a 1988 George Washington Medal; the 2000 Newman Book Award; and the 2008 National Humanities Medal. He is the Senior Vice President for External Affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Bowker Author Biography)