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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever (2011)

by Bill O'Reilly(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0805093079 (ISBN13: 9780805093070)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: I was not interested in Lincoln as I am with another former president, JFK, but I felt like I had to read this book before Killing Kennedy, mainly because I found this book before finding Kennedy, but after reading this book, I am very interested. I don't believe a lot of the controversy with Lincoln as I do with Kennedy, but I definitely learned facts from this book about the Lincoln assassination I didn't know before. For example, Booth originally intended to kidnap Lincoln before the war was over, then after the South lost, he decided to kill him. It's brilliantly written by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, however the reason I do not give it five stars is the first part of the book. The first part takes place during the final days of the Civil War and with me not being... more very interested in the war, mainly because I thought the whole book was going to be centered on Lincoln and Booth although they do make appearances in the first part, I found that section tedious. The writing is great and I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in American History. I would just warn them before going in that it's not ONLY about Lincoln.
review 2: Listened to this book and O'Reilly's voice bounces around inside my skull, rearranging the furniture. I guess I'm not as riveted as some readers might be by extended battle descriptions. I'm also not impressed by O'Reilly's surprising inability to pronounce certain words correctly -- shouldn't an audiobook have an audio editor? The best one: carotid (as in artery) pronounced carry-oh-teed, to rhyme with karaoke. less

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