The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

by Daniel Stashower

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In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a "clear and fully matured" threat of assassination as he traveled by train from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration. Over a period of thirteen days the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a captivating young widow named Kate Warne, America's first female private eye.
  • ISBN10 1410456315
  • ISBN13 9781410456311
  • Publish Date 15 February 2013 (first published 29 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 May 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Thorndike Press
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 673
  • Language English