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1 online resource (9 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time |
10:42:43 |
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audio file rda |
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Unabridged. |
Performer |
Narrator: Scott Brick. |
Summary |
"[Narrator Scott Brick]...makes the pages come alive. He varies his volume during dramatic moments, at times almost whispering. He also varies his tone, enhancing the drama but never overpowering it...This work is an excellent example of the perfect melding of text and narrator." — AudioFile Magazine on The First Conspiracy, Earphones Award Winner The bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on President Lincoln Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery President in the White House. They planned an elaborate scheme to assassinate the brand new President in Baltimore as Lincoln's inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol. The plot was investigated by famed detective Allan Pinkerton, who infiltrated the group with undercover agents, including one of the first female private detectives in America. Had the assassination succeeded, there would have been no Lincoln Presidency, and the course of the Civil War and American history would have forever been altered. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books "Filled with amazing American history, secret societies, incredible research, and a shocking conspiracy to murder Abraham Lincoln at the dawn of his presidency. A brilliant combination of edge of your seat history and superb storytelling."— James L. Swanson, bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer |
System Details |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 301319 KB). |
Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination attempt, 1861 -- Sound recordings.
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Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States -- Sound recordings.
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Genre |
Electronic audiobooks.
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Added Author |
Brick, Scott.
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ISBN |
9781250758644 (sound recording) |
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