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The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

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The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

by Stashower, Daniel

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NY: Minotaur Books, 2014. First Trade Edition. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. Physical Info: 1.0" H x 8.4" L x 5.5" W (1.0 lbs) 354 indexed pgs. First printing. Features: Bibliography , Index , Illustrated , Table of Contents , Price on Product. Small scrape to front cover. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. "It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." —Harlan Coben Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award-winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War in THE HOUR OF PERIL. In February of 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. As Lincoln's train rolled inexorably toward "the seat of danger," Pinkerton struggled to unravel the ever-changing details of the murder plot, even as he contended with the intractability of Lincoln and his advisors, who refused to believe that the danger was real. With time running out Pinkerton took a desperate gamble, staking Lincoln's life—and the future of the nation—on a "perilous feint" that seemed to offer the only chance that Lincoln would survive to become president. Shrouded in secrecy—and, later, mired in controversy—the story of the "Baltimore Plot" is one of the great untold tales of the Civil War era, and Stashower has crafted this spellbinding historical narrative with the pace and urgency of a race-against-the-clock thriller.

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Title
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
Author
Stashower, Daniel
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine-Collectible
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Trade Edition
ISBN 10
1250042666
ISBN 13
9781250042668
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
2014
Keywords
Washington Post Notable Book of the Year; Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime; Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction; Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-fiction Work; Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction

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