
Lincoln's Final Hours
When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln''s head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America''s future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen''s Board...
When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln''s head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America''s future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen''s Board...