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Description edit
Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the “Baltimore Plot,” an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.
In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Allan Pinkerton: Allan Pinkerton is a man with very high morals and courage that goes unmatched in the 1850s- 1860s . He is a very likeable character who stands firm behind his views and is a man of action that does not like to sit idle on the sidelines of history or in precarious situations and events. He rises to the occasion in one of the most hazardous times in our history when our country was splitting down the middle and preparing for war. A Renowned Abolitionist who was a friend of the controversial John Brown.
- Allan Pinkerton: Add a description of this character.
- John brown: John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States who was executed by hanging in 1959.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Daniel Stashower (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 29, 2013
ISBN: 9780312600228
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 29, 2013
ISBN: 9780312600228
Page Count: 368
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
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