The Murder of Willie Lincoln

The Murder of Willie Lincoln
Title The Murder of Willie Lincoln PDF eBook
Author Burt Solomon
Publisher Forge Books
Pages 320
Release 2017-02-21
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0765385848

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The Murder of Willie Lincoln is an exciting historical fiction debut by award-winning political journalist and Washington insider Burt Solomon. Washington City, 1862: The United States lies in tatters, and there seems no end to the war. Abraham Lincoln, the legitimate President of the United States, is using all his will to keep his beloved land together. But Lincoln’s will and soul are tested when tragedy strikes the White House as Willie Lincoln, the love and shining light in the president’s heart, is taken by typhoid fever. But was this really the cause of his death? A message arrives, suggesting otherwise. Lincoln asks John Hay, his trusted aide—and almost a son—to investigate Willie’s death. Some see Hay as a gadfly--adventurous, incisive, lusty, reflective, skeptical, even cynical—but he loves the president and so seeks the truth behind the boy’s death. And so, as we follow Hay in his investigation, we are shown the loftiest and lowest corners of Washington City, from the president’s office and the gentleman’s dining room at Willard’s Hotel to the alley hovels, wartime hospitals, and the dome-less Capitol’s vermin-infested subbasement. We see the unfamiliar sides of a grief-stricken president, his hellcat of a wife, and their two surviving and suffering sons, and Hay matches wits with such luminaries as General McClellan, William Seward, and the indomitable detective Allan Pinkerton. What Hay discovers has the potential of not only destroying Lincoln, but a nation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies

The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
Title The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies PDF eBook
Author William Hanchett
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 328
Release 1989-01-15
Genre History
ISBN 9780252013614

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Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.

The Murder of Willie Lincoln

The Murder of Willie Lincoln
Title The Murder of Willie Lincoln PDF eBook
Author Burt Solomon
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 303
Release 2017-02-21
Genre Fiction
ISBN 076538583X

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"The Murder of Willie Lincoln is a highly original weaving of fiction and historical fact -- all of the characters are real, and the events unfold as they actually did. This is history as it happened, except for one crucial detail that makes for an irresistible historical mystery"--Cover.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Title Chasing Lincoln's Killer PDF eBook
Author James L. Swanson
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
Pages 249
Release 2012-09-01
Genre Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN 0545495806

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NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.

The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt

The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt
Title The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt PDF eBook
Author Burt Solomon
Publisher Forge Books
Pages 304
Release 2019-12-03
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0765392690

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The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt is a historical thriller from award-winning political journalist Burt Solomon, featuring Teddy Roosevelt's near death...accident or assassination attempt? Theodore Roosevelt had been president for less than a year when on a tour in New England his horse-drawn carriage was broadsided by an electric trolley. TR was thrown clear but his Secret Service bodyguard was killed instantly. The trolley’s motorman pleaded guilty to manslaughter and the matter was quietly put to rest. But was it an accident or an assassination attempt...and would there be another “accident” soon? The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt casts this event in a darker light. John Hay, the Secretary of State, finds himself in pursuit of a would-be assassin, investigating the motives of TR’s many enemies, including political rivals and the industrial trusts. He crosses paths with luminaries of the day, such as best-pal Henry Adams, Emma Goldman, J.P. Morgan, Mark Hanna, and (as an investigatory sidekick) the infamous Nellie Bly, who will help Hay protect the man who wants to transform a nation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo
Title Lincoln in the Bardo PDF eBook
Author George Saunders
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 371
Release 2017
Genre United States
ISBN 1408871777

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"The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. From this seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of realism, entering a thrilling, supernatural domain both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself trapped in a transitional realm - called, in Tibetan tradition, the bardo - and as ghosts mingle, squabble, gripe, and commiserate, and stony tendrils creep towards the boy, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul. Unfolding over a single night, 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is written with George Saunders' inimitable humour, pathos, and grace." --Cover.

Killing Lincoln

Killing Lincoln
Title Killing Lincoln PDF eBook
Author Bill O'Reilly
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 337
Release 2011-09-27
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0805093079

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Describes the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.