CSPAN2 Book Discussion On The Hour Of Peril March 9, 2014
Stashower recalls the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in figure 1861, prior to lincolns and migration ceremony. The plot was discovered by detective Allen Pinkerton, was to be executed in baltimore as lincoln stopped in the city en route to washington, d. C. This is about 40 minutes. Thank you. Thank you for coming out. Its a real pleasure to be here in illinois, especially because this is really where the wheels of the story started turning, both figuratively and literally. The book is the star to a large extent of Allen Pinkerton, the famous detective of the 19th century, who got his sta...