The Day Lincoln Was Shot.

Bishop, Jim, 1907-1987. [illustration editor, Stefan Lorant]

Published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955., 1955

About this Item

vi, 264 pp. ; b&w photographic plates ; red cloth ; Contents: Daybreak -- The days before -- The morning hours -- The afternoon hours -- The night hours -- The final hours ; ".provides an account of the day President Lincoln was shot. Hour by hour, it chronicles the movements of the President and his assassin during the day of the tragedy" ; "Well-known journalist and historian Jim Bishop begins this book at 7:00 a.m., April 14, 1865, with Lincoln emerging from his bedroom, worried about a dream in which he saw himself dead. The book ends 24 hours later, with the surgeon general placing two silver dollars on the president's eyelids." ; LC: E457.5; Dewey: 973.7/092; B ; OCLC: 444695 ; slight foxing, else VG. Seller Inventory # 869

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Day Lincoln Was Shot.

Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955.

Publication Date: 1955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: Book