The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) - Hardcover

Stashower, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410456315 ISBN 13: 9781410456311

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2013

Synopsis

The Edgar Award-winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl presents the dramatic true story of the "Baltimore Plot" conspiracy to assassinate the 16th President on the eve of the Civil War, tracing the efforts of detective Allan Pinkerton and widowed private eye Kate Warne to identify and stop the would-be killers. (United States history). Simultaneous.

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Review:

"The world's most famous private eye saves Abraham Lincoln's life--and perhaps the Union itself? Sounds like fiction, but in Daniel Stashower's riveting new book, it's all true. It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." --Harlan Coben

"Reads like a first-class detective novel . . . Pinkerton's tireless energy prevented a tragedy that might have destroyed the republic." --James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom"

"A fast-paced page turner. Stashower deploys the skills of a gifted veteran mystery writer." --Michael Burlingame, author of "Abraham Lincoln: A Life"

"This account of the little-known Baltimore-based plot to assassinate Lincoln... hurtles across a landscape of conspirators, heroes and politicos in hotel suites, ladies' parlors and railway depots.... We can be grateful that Old Abe survived the first attempt on his life. And now we have the chance to relish the story of the clever and determined characters who were dedicated to his safety." --"New York Times Book Review"

"The world's most famous private eye saves Abraham Lincoln's life--and perhaps the Union itself? Sounds like fiction, but in Daniel Stashower's riveting new book, it's all true. It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." --Harlan Coben

"Reads like a first-class detective novel . . . Pinkerton's tireless energy prevented a tragedy that might have destroyed the republic." --James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom"

"A fast-paced page turner. Stashower deploys the skills of a gifted veteran mystery writer." --Michael Burlingame, author of "Abraham Lincoln: A Life"

This account of the little-known Baltimore-based plot to assassinate Lincoln hurtles across a landscape of conspirators, heroes and politicos in hotel suites, ladies' parlors and railway depots . We can be grateful that Old Abe survived the first attempt on his life. And now we have the chance to relish the story of the clever and determined characters who were dedicated to his safety. "New York Times Book Review"

The world's most famous private eye saves Abraham Lincoln's life--and perhaps the Union itself? Sounds like fiction, but in Daniel Stashower's riveting new book, it's all true. It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller. "Harlan Coben"

Reads like a first-class detective novel . . . Pinkerton's tireless energy prevented a tragedy that might have destroyed the republic. "James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom"

A fast-paced page turner. Stashower deploys the skills of a gifted veteran mystery writer. "Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life""

"This account of the little-known Baltimore-based plot to assassinate Lincoln... hurtles across a landscape of conspirators, heroes and politicos in hotel suites, ladies' parlors and railway depots.... We can be grateful that Old Abe survived the first attempt on his life. And now we have the chance to relish the story of the clever and determined characters who were dedicated to his safety." --New York Times Book Review

"The world's most famous private eye saves Abraham Lincoln's life--and perhaps the Union itself? Sounds like fiction, but in Daniel Stashower's riveting new book, it's all true. It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." --Harlan Coben

"Reads like a first-class detective novel . . . Pinkerton's tireless energy prevented a tragedy that might have destroyed the republic." --James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom

"A fast-paced page turner. Stashower deploys the skills of a gifted veteran mystery writer." --Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life

About the Author:

DANIEL STASHOWER is an acclaimed biographer and narrative historian and winner of the Edgar, Agatha, and Anthony awards, and the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction. His work has appeared inThe New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine,AARP: The Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler as well as other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1410456315
• ISBN 13: 9781410456311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 673