01924cam a2200349 i 4500 426548234 TxAuBib 20200603120000.0 200210s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020006774 9781250317476 1250317479 (OCoLC)1141028875 TxAuBib rda Meltzer, Brad. The Lincoln conspiracy : the secret plot to kill America's 16th president--and why it failed / Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. First edition. New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. 432 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Color map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 419-424). "Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery President in the White House. They planned an elaborate scheme to assassinate the brand new President in Baltimore as Lincoln's inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol. The plot was investigated by famed detective Allan Pinkerton, who infiltrated the group with undercover agents, including one of the first female private detectives in America"-- Provided by publisher. 20200603. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination attempt, 1861. Presidents Assassination attempts United States. Baltimore (Md) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Mensch, Josh, author. QS7