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After we watched Manhunt on AppleTV, I realized I didn‘t know much about Lincoln‘s assassination. I turned to O‘Reilly‘s book because of its perceived simplicity. His book reads like a thriller, as intended. But in the end, I need more details - not the glossy, easy narrative style he uses. Finally, his character flaw as conspiracy theorist in the media is on full display here as well. I‘ll need a better book to satiate my historical needs.

Hit a little sale at the UW Bookstore...Lincoln book was recommended and the other supports my fluffy end of year book plans.

I have read so many books on this subject, but I picked this up on a whim to honor Lincoln in the month of his birth. 🎂 I am pleasantly surprised- not only is this book highly readable, it is not bogged down in too many details, and I actually learned new information.

“Lincoln ( he prefers to go by just his last name. No one calls him “Abe“, which he loathes. Few call him “Mr. President“. His wife actually calls him “Mr. Lincoln“, and his two personal secretaries playfully refer to him as “the Tycoon“) paces the upper deck of the steamboat River Queen, his face lit now and again by distant artillery.“ - Killing Lincoln - Page 9

John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10th, 1838 in a small farmhouse in Maryland, to a Shakespearean actor Junius Brutus Booth and his mistress Mary Ann Holmes, who moved to the United States from England in 1821. John was the younger brother of Edwin Booth, also a famous actor (some consider him the Greatest American Actor of All Time), Junius B. Booth Jr, an American actor and theatre manager, and Asia Frigga Booth a 19th-century American Writer.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.“ - Killing Lincoln - Page 3

This book was great! Very informative and keeps you interested. There was a little bit toward the end that I didn‘t think I really wanted to know about the man that killed John Wilkes Booth. But other than that it did not get gory or boring.

I have wanted to read one of these Bill O'Reilly books for years. I remember patrons coming in and wanting to read one after the other...and they would all say how riveting they were. How unlike any other history books they were.
I finally read one!
So interesting. I learned a lot about what really happened when Lincoln was assassinated. The events leading up to that fateful day, and what followed was crazy.
#recommendread

Great book. Lots of interesting facts. Well written, kept me hooked from beginning to end. Wish I had read it a lot sooner.

Time to change genres and dive into my most recent gift, Killing Lincoln, with a nice cup of coffee! Book folding is something I love...I'm not convinced about the steam coming from the top :) #vacationhobby

Great book. Lots of things I didn't know and it wasn't dry, unlike a lot of history books.

Kept me hooked from start to finish!

Great book! I've never enjoyed history books much, but this was well written and exciting to read. I will definitely be reading the rest of the Killing books!

Wonderfully thrilling account of the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln and the 26year old man who wielded the gun. Found myself chattering about this one to every person I came across. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #KillingLincoln #NonFiction #BillOReilly #AbrahamLincoln

I lied. I'm going to love this book.

I'm kind of on the fence about starting this because I am not a fan of Bill O'Reilly, but I've heard that this book is very well-written, and, well, #historynerd

Was at the college book store yesterday and saw Killing Lincoln and remember how much I enjoyed this book as well as O'Reilly's book on Kennedy. It's a great read full of lots of factual info and onsite into the times of Lincoln.