Bibliograph

President Lincoln's killer and the America he left behind, the assassin, the crime, and its lasting blow to freedom and equality, by Jessica Gunderson

Type

Label

President Lincoln's killer and the America he left behind, the assassin, the crime, and its lasting blow to freedom and equality, by Jessica Gunderson

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Intended audience

860L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9-15

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

President Lincoln's killer and the America he left behind

Responsibility statement

by Jessica Gunderson

Series statement

Assassins' America

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.2, 1, 193396

Sub title

the assassin, the crime, and its lasting blow to freedom and equality

Summary

Abraham Lincoln was watching a play at Ford's Theatre when a gunman crept up from behind an fired at the president's head. As Lincoln crumpled with a terrible wound, the shooter leapt from the balcony and fled before a shocked audience. He was John Wilkes Booth, a well-known stage actor, and he imagined himself a hero avenging the South's defeat in the Civil War. Soldiers searched for Booth as Lincoln suffered long hours before dying. There would be no reversing the results of the war, but Lincoln's death put the cause of freedom and equality in danger. His presidency had been cut short, and even today the country lives with the effects of his assassination

Target audience

juvenile

Classification