Lincoln's final hours: conspiracy, terror, and the assassination of America's greatest president

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"When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America's future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen's Boardinghouse, directly across the street from Ford's Theatre. There, a twenty-three-year-old surgeon--fresh out of medical school--struggled to keep the president alive while Mary Todd Lincoln moaned at her husband's bedside. In Lincoln's Final Hours, author Kathryn Canavan takes a magnifying glass to the last moments of the president's life and to the impact his assassination had on a country still reeling from a bloody civil war."--Publisher description.;The secret about Booth -- Washington City then -- The great illumination -- The making of an assassin -- Plans and dreams -- Nothing exactly according to plan -- Shuffling history -- The turning of the tide -- Looking forward to a memorable evening -- Booth's end game -- 'Tis the wink of an eye -- Thunderstruck -- Their precious burden -- Enough evidence to hang Booth -- Waiting for history -- That's the last of him -- Caught in the American nightmare -- Grief and greed -- The most elaborate funeral in us history -- The manhunt closes in -- Unrivaled honors and an unexpected invoice -- Paltry meanness -- History forgot Tenth Street -- Lincoln would not be the last to die at Ford's -- A place to make him comfortable -- Epilogue: what's past is prologue. The secret about Booth -- Washington City then -- The great illumination -- The making of an assassin -- Plans and dreams -- Nothing exactly according to plan -- Shuffling history -- The turning of the tide -- Looking forward to a memorable evening -- Booth's end game -- 'Tis the wink of an eye -- Thunderstruck -- Their precious burden -- Enough evidence to hang Booth -- Waiting for history -- That's the last of him -- Caught in the American nightmare -- Grief and greed -- The most elaborate funeral in us history -- The manhunt closes in -- Unrivaled honors and an unexpected invoice -- Paltry meanness -- History forgot Tenth Street -- Lincoln would not be the last to die at Ford's -- A place to make him comfortable -- Epilogue: what's past is prologue.