On Friday evening, April 14, 1865, less than a week after the surrender of Confederate forces, John Wilkes Booth crept into Ford's Theatre and murdered Abraham Lincoln. Though it happened nearly 150 years ago, no one has been sure why it happened. In this riveting book, Harold Holzer, one of the country's leading authorities on Lincoln, sweeps away the fog of history to answer the questions surrounding Lincoln's assassination. He shows the conditions of the time that led to the tragic event at Ford's Theatre, and why those who hated Lincoln, such as John Wilkes Booth, sought such horrifying revenge. Filled with dramatic detail and illustrated with archival photographs, this book is bound to be considered an essential work for young readers.

 

There are 184 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Boyds Mills Press .

Harold Holzer is the author of "The Lincoln Mailbag; The Lincoln Image; Lincoln on Democracy; Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President; "and for young readers "The Civil War Era. "He is vice presidentfor communications atThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and lives in Rye, New York. "