The Day Abraham Lincoln was Assassinated - April 14, 1865

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Eight decades ago, popular historian Bruce Catton, and journalist/author Jim Bishop wrote works that profoundly affected my life and future profession: teaching. Catton's This Hallowed Ground and Bishop's The Day Lincoln Was Shot were both written in such dramatic prose that the events, people - indeed, the very era itself - came alive for me.

Even today, both authors and their works reinforce my passionate belief that history is alive, relevant, and should be conveyed as a story.

For this episode, it is with great reverence and pleasure that I take my lead from Bishop's book, which was published in 1955, sold over 3 million copies, and was translated into 16 languages. He began his research for the day Lincoln was shot in 1930. Then, after two decades had passed, in 1953, in an effort to expand his research, Bishop began reading seven million words of government documents. The result: an absolutely riveting hour-by-hour account of Abraham Lincoln's last 24 hours.

In respectful tribute to the two authors who most influenced my professional coming-of-age, and stoked my drive to recount history as a story, I dedicate this effort. With Bishop's work as my central point of reference, here: hour-by-hour, from seven in the morning of April the 14th to 7:22 and 10 seconds the next morning, is the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
Published by Third Wheel Media

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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
John Wilkes Booth
William H. Seward
George Atzerodt
David Herold
Lewis Paine/Payne
Mary Surratt

Get the two books referenced in this episode:
This Hallowed Ground - https://www.amazon.com/This-Hallowed-Ground-History-Vintage/dp/0307947084

The Day Lincoln Was Shot - https://www.amazon.com/The-Day-Lincoln-Was-Shot/dp/B00I5S0QOO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5RGLGC11RG4G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WHYS8Vq3Iwv74St90xKw7Tu6scU-Z-7Yu18AWCv1ZOMGUVzBgXQfS_KDB9QAlf9hofhn0llRS-LKxpxddMJ5nQSTDJCPmuKrFv6c3tgkzJlYjowC__hNyKc00qA1h-5yyIGZ_zBf_1MILI9ckSVpHCQV6WuYOeZrzk5CGABiQ5QCGcjyzSeIxjt9diuzgc0KttKjYr-EZG8a5CetgAOhEKPUm2qxhVsE4HLr0BsOgd0.iXwTu5fNgGcFX21HpaewxIvQSGc-qStX7Rb1AEIi798&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+day+lincoln+was+shot&qid=1711645457&s=books&sprefix=the+day+lincoln+was+shot%2Cstripbooks%2C117&sr=1-1