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6 of history's forgotten stories
From "The Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Lincoln" by Graeme Donald, here are six stories that you didn't hear in history class.
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6 great books about the loss of Lincoln
The laughter rippled across Ford's Theatre as a character on stage let loose with a zinger: "You sockdologizing old man-trap!" John Wilkes Booth knew the audience would guffaw in delight, so that's when he fired his gun at the president of the United States. But people heard the noise anyway: "Pop!" Then there was chaos. An assassination, one of several planned that night in the nation's capital, had succeeded. What happened and why? Six captivating books from the last decade – including the newly released "Bloody Crimes" by the bestselling author of "Manhunt" – fill in the gaps and track Abraham Lincoln's legacy.
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Rush Limbaugh receives suspicious package from "apologetic" fan
Rush Limbaugh staff members called the police when they found wires in a package mailed to his home.
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6 of history's forgotten stories
From "The Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Lincoln" by Graeme Donald, here are six stories that you didn't hear in history class.
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Chapter & Verse
What Bill O'Reilly should have read instead
Here are a few books on Lincoln's assassination that tell the story better than O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln.'
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Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln' continues to stir controversy
Citing errors, some Lincoln-related historic sites are refusing to carry the book, although O'Reilly accuses critics of nitpicking.
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Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Lincoln" is "Lincoln Lite"
Bill O'Reilly's thriller, "Killing Lincoln," gives us a Lincoln cleansed of all controversy and complexity.
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Chapter & Verse
Bill O'Reilly writes a thriller-style book on the Lincoln assassination
Bill O'Reilly says he focused on Lincoln to show Americans "what true leadership is."
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Chapter & Verse
The woman accused of helping to kill Abraham Lincoln
Historian Kate Clifford Larson talks about Mary Surratt, the Washington D.C. landlady accused of plotting to kill Lincoln and profiled in new movie "The Conspirator."
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The Conspirator: movie review
'The Conspirator' is a courtroom drama about Mary Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer accused of helping to plot Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
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America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation
On the 150th anniversary of the onset of the US Civil War, a lively, compelling account of its roots.
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Editorial Board Blog
For President's Day: A new look at Lincoln and slavery
Did the Great Emancipator always want to end slavery? Or did his thinking evolve on the job?
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Chapter & Verse
12 books on America in the face of political violence
These history books remind us that the shooting in Tuscon is not the first time Americans have confronted violence directed at politicians.
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6 great books about the loss of Lincoln
The laughter rippled across Ford's Theatre as a character on stage let loose with a zinger: "You sockdologizing old man-trap!" John Wilkes Booth knew the audience would guffaw in delight, so that's when he fired his gun at the president of the United States. But people heard the noise anyway: "Pop!" Then there was chaos. An assassination, one of several planned that night in the nation's capital, had succeeded. What happened and why? Six captivating books from the last decade – including the newly released "Bloody Crimes" by the bestselling author of "Manhunt" – fill in the gaps and track Abraham Lincoln's legacy.
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Chapter & Verse
5 gripping real-life adventure stories
Five paperbacks that will make excellent summer reading.
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A telltale Poe-pourri
It’s the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, creator of the detective yarn. Where better than the city of idiosyncrasy – Baltimore – to celebrate?
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