The Lincoln conspiracy : the secret plot to kill America's 16th president--and why it failed / New York times bestselling authors of the First conspiracy Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. [sound recording (CD)]
Examines a failed assassination attempt on President Lincoln in 1861, on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration, revealing that the conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery president and detailing their plan to assassinate him in Baltimore as the inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol.
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