{"product_id":"the-day-lincoln-was-shot-isbn-9780062290601","title":"The Day Lincoln Was Shot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day Lincoln Was Shot \u003c\/em\u003eis a gripping, minute-by-minute account of April 14, 1865: the day President Abraham Lincoln was tragically assassinated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt chronicles the movements of Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth during every movement of that fateful day. Author and journalist Jim Bishop has fashioned an unforgettable tale of tragedy, more gripping than fiction, more alive than any newspaper account.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1955, \u003cem\u003eThe Day Lincoln Was Shot\u003c\/em\u003e was a huge bestseller, and in 1998 it was made into a TNT movie, with Rob Morrow as Booth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAt seven o'clock on the morning of April 14, 1865, President Lincoln came out of his bedroom, nodded to the night guard, and started down the hall to his office. At 7:22 the following morning Surgeon General Barnes pressed silver coins to his eyelids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe president's day was, as usual, crammed with meetings and appointments, but he was probably no busier than John Wilkes Booth, the man who would stand behind him at Ford's Theatre that evening. Although the plan had been long in the making, the time and place were not set until eleven that morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day Lincoln Was Shot\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the movements of these two men minute by minute until the almost unbearable suspense is shattered with a single gunshot and a leap to the stage. From a thousand bits and scraps of information, Jim Bishop has fashioned an unforgettable tale of tragedy, more gripping than fiction, more alive than any newspaper account.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888200544485,"sku":"NP9780062290601","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062290601.jpg?v=1730228391","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-day-lincoln-was-shot-isbn-9780062290601","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}