The hour of peril
Subtitle: the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War
By: Daniel Stashower
Edition: First Minotaur Books paperback edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781250042668
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Assassination attempt, 1861; Assassination attempts; Presidents; Attempted assassination; American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658; History
Description: Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Long, narrow boxes; title: pt. 1. The cooper and the rail-splitter.; title: His hour had not yet come; title: The apprentice; title: How I became a detective; title: Ardent spirits; title: Pink lady; title: Let us dare to do our duty; title: It's coming yet; title: pt. 2. Plums and nuts.; title: A pig-tail whistle; title: Mobtown; title: Suspicions of danger; title: Hostile organizations; title: The man and the hour; title: If I alone must do it; title: A postponed rebellion; title: A rabid rebel; title: A single red ballot; title: Whitewash; title: The music agent; title: A few determined men; title: An assault of some kind; title: The assassin's knife; title: pt. 3. The martyr and the scapegoat.; title: The flight of Abraham; title: The hour of peril; title: Some very tall swearing; title: Epilogue: An infamous lie.