The day Lincoln was almost shot : the Fort Stevens story /
In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Standing apart in American history as the only time a sitting American president came under enemy fire while in office, it...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham :
The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Standing apart in American history as the only time a sitting American president came under enemy fire while in office, it poses a troubling question: What if then-president Lincoln had been shot nine months prior to his assassination in Ford's Theater? The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot answers t. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 322 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780810886230 0810886235 1299475167 9781299475168 |