The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War / Daniel Stashower.
Presents the true story of the "Baltimore Plot" conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War, tracing the efforts of detective Allan Pinkerton and private eye Kate Warne to identify and stop the would-be killers.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312600224
- ISBN: 9780312600228
- Physical Description: ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2013.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Long, narrow boxes -- The cooper and the rail-splitter. His hour had not yet come ; The apprentice ; How I became a detective ; Ardent spirits ; Pink lady ; Let us dare to do our duty ; It's coming yet -- Plums and nuts. A pig-tail whistle ; Mobtown ; Suspicions of danger ; Hostile organizations ; The man and the hour ; If I alone must do it ; A postponed rebellion ; A rabid rebel ; A single red ballot ; Whitewash ; The music agent ; A few determined men ; An assault of some kind ; The assassin's knife -- The martyr and the scapegoat. The flight of Abraham ; The hour of peril ; Some very tall swearing ; An infamous lie.
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Summary:
Presents the true story of the "Baltimore Plot" conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War, tracing the efforts of detective Allan Pinkerton and private eye Kate Warne to identify and stop the would-be killers.
