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The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
by Stashower, Daniel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312600224
- ISBN 13
- 9780312600228
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Yoik: Minotaur Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition February 2013. In addition contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with deep maroon boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a map of the ""Route of President-Elect Lincoln's Inaugural Train 1861."" Interior text block clean & tight, no writings, no markings noted. Concludes with a section of Acknowledgments, a Select Bibliography, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in very good condition but does have a ""scar"" near top of front panel where it appears the removal of a label also removed the top layer of the paper; tiny bumps to corners of bottom edge; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""In February 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a ""clear and fully matured"" threat of assassination as he traveled by train from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration. Over a period of thirteen days, the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a captivating young widow named Kate Warne, America's first female private eye. . . . uncovers the riveting true story of the ""Baltimore Plot,"" an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War. . . . .""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001409
- Title
- The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
- Author
- Stashower, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312600224
- ISBN 13
- 9780312600228
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Place of Publication
- New Yoik
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- History, Abraham Lincoln - 1809-1865 - Assassination attempt 1861, Presidents - Assassination attempts - United, Baltimore Maryland - History - Civil War 1961-1865
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; History of the Presidents of the United States; History of the Civil War;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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