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Author Holzer, Harold.

Title The president is shot! : the assassination of Abraham Lincoln / by Harold Holzer.

Publication Info. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J973.7 HOL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J973.7 HOL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J973.7 HOLZER    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-172) and index.
Contents Introduction: Tolling of the bells -- Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War -- Why murder Lincoln? -- Enter John Wilkes Booth -- April 14, 1865 -- April 15, 1865 -- Nation weeps -- Revenge and justice -- Postscript: What became of ...? -- Bibliography -- Places to visit -- Index.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.0 5.0 77284.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile Literature.
History, 19th Century -- United States -- Juvenile Literature.
ISBN 1563979853
9781563979859
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