Review: great historical pov from the attending dr
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
I read this accounting in about 20 minutes.  It's a brief, concise accounting of the surgeon who attended President Lincoln during his final hours before succumbing to the mortal gunshot wound to the head.  I enjoyed how the surgeon set the stage a few moments before President Lincoln was shot, the 9.5 hours that he lived after being shot, and the events that happened up to the point of the funeral.  I felt the the surrealness, panic, excitement, and sadness that Dr. Leale felt.  This of course is a story from the surgeon's point of view.