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Summary Of Killing Lincoln By Bill O Reilly And Martin Dugard

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Killing Lincoln, written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, explains Lincoln’s effort to abolish slavery, who only had six crucial weeks to live before killed. Throughout the book, President Lincoln attempts to guide a young nation to what was not then but now morally right in the thoughts that slavery should end. Both sides in the war were devoted to achieve what they wanted. The writer of this book does his best to try to make a truly authentic book in the killing of Lincoln and in the story leading up to the death of President Abraham Lincoln. There is a great deal of information that goes in to writing this book, and as a reader, it gives a glimpse of how life was back then. Killing Lincoln is great historical thriller that some may …show more content…

The book shows that America had a president that was willing to do whatever was needed do to get this country shaped how it should be and stand by what the founding fathers stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” After President Lincoln had achieved victory in the exhausting Civil War on the Friday of April 14, 1865 Washington, D.C. 3:30 P.M, President Lincoln said, "Crook," Abraham Lincoln says to his bodyguard, "I believe there are men who want to take my life. And I have no doubt that they will do it." Reword Although President Lincoln probably knew these consequences before the end of the war, he still knew that he what he had to do. President Lincoln risked his life to change the course of history and ultimately paid the price. Another historical significance about this book is to educate young people about the importance of what the men on both sides of the war were fighting for. As citizens of America the contents of the book are important to know. The people who fought for what is right should never be forgotten and truly did this country a great service as stated in the in the book Killing Lincoln, “But the war is not so easily forgotten by others. Unbeknownst to all those men who risked their lives to fight those great battles—men who deservedly savor the

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