The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Some argue that the day Lincoln was shot was the most dramatic thing to ever happen to this country. April 14, 1865 was the day, Ford Theater was the place, and John Wilkes Booth was the perpetrator. Jim Bishop, appropriately titled "The Day Lincoln Was Shot", has eloquently put the account of this event into writing. This story is a well-researched moment-to-moment account of the last 24 hours of Abraham Lincoln's life. Jim Bishop narrates these last tragic hours through records and personal accounts that he has researched most of his life.

Bishop depicts every meticulous detail of Lincoln's last 24 hours, from 7:00 AM till 7:22 AM the next day. Bishop uses his words to paint an extremely vivid picture and to get his main ideas across. Some of the main ideas that he displays are Lincoln's general background information, along with the U.S current events, such as the defeat of the confederacy, and Lincoln's swearing in for his second term. However, most importantly Bishop's main idea was the general mood of the day when Lincoln