List Price: $29.95 Details

Save: $8.00 (27%)

$3.99 delivery June 29 - 30. Details

Only 1 left in stock - order soon

[{"displayPrice":"$21.95","priceAmount":21.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"21","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"pVi5HPvvw7IpRHecC9HM5ZZZO%2BMe0UwWbGtLsnGKzA3aMYulJkBRMp8sRMXi1NHQVeswK%2BKokFhY4EtiOW610C9IHfInEV9GQInLc58WL%2ByzM2hsQTOCu96BGr5nP%2BfLe4eaOTMiwFPsgvmz4A%2BZa64jQTwDLUOreCEIOnLkga%2FyKbbVCh%2BmYLtK3g38mNTj","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0},{"displayPrice":"$12.29","priceAmount":12.29,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"12","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"29","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"pVi5HPvvw7IpRHecC9HM5ZZZO%2BMe0UwWiCZb9r82df%2BalDccQa0wYjNmMZSH%2BIV4m5O8KTY3x4OXTvw1kooeDJnkFMSKG%2FCGx37JyGef18Rk3fRLVbIuMqgmCsuea8T7TpMfvO19z%2FM8i3Qn2lEIAB8hoOQt6J5cauJHmRVYRPdNgI3zEGiTc2k1rJxFBTLG","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]

$$21.95 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Payment

Secure transaction

Ships from

Patricia's Porch

Sold by

Patricia's Porch

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Details

Payment

Secure transaction

We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more

Ships from

Patricia's Porch

Sold by

Patricia's Porch

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. You may receive a partial or no refund on used, damaged or materially different returns.

Read full return policy

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery Friday, June 30 on orders shipped by Amazon over $25

Or fastest delivery Tuesday, June 27. Order within 15 hrs 46 mins

Select delivery location

Used: Good | Details

Sold by From Vintage to New

Fulfilled by Amazon

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Other Sellers on Amazon

Added

Not added

$24.85
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: gloversbookery

Added

Not added

$29.90
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: Banas Books

Added

Not added

$29.95
& FREE Shipping. Details

Sold by: Amazon.com

Flip to back Flip to front

See all 3 images

Follow the Author

Kathryn Canavan

Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President Hardcover – October 2, 2015

by Kathryn Canavan (Author)

4.5 76 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$11.99

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

$7.95 with discounted Audible membership

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$21.95

$21.56

$5.08

Paperback

"Please retry"

$19.95

$17.56

$4.99

Kindle
$11.99 Read with Our Free App
Audiobook
$0.00 Free with your 3-Month Audible trial
Hardcover
$21.95

Other new, used and collectible from $5.08

14 Used from $5.08

14 New from $21.56

3 Collectible from $14.50
Paperback
$19.95

Other new and used from $4.99

10 Used from $4.99

7 New from $17.56

Purchase options and add-ons

When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America's future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen's Boardinghouse, directly across the street from Ford's Theatre. There, a twenty-three-year-old surgeon―fresh out of medical school―struggled to keep the president alive while Mary Todd Lincoln moaned at her husband's bedside.

In Lincoln's Final Hours, author Kathryn Canavan takes a magnifying glass to the last moments of the president's life and to the impact his assassination had on a country still reeling from a bloody civil war. With vivid, thoroughly researched prose and a reporter's eye for detail, this fast-paced account not only furnishes a glimpse into John Wilkes Booth's personal and political motivations but also illuminates the stories of ordinary people whose lives were changed forever by the assassination.

While countless works on the Lincoln assassination exist, Lincoln's Final Hours moves beyond the well-known traditional accounts, offering readers a front-row seat to the drama and horror of Lincoln's death by putting them in the shoes of the audience in Ford's Theatre that dreadful evening. Through her careful narration of the twists of fate that placed the president in harm's way, of the plotting conversations Booth had with his accomplices, and of the immediate aftermath of the assassination, Canavan illustrates how the experiences of a single night changed the course of history.

Print length

248 pages
Language

English
Publisher

University Press of Kentucky
Publication date

October 2, 2015
Dimensions

6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

081316608X
ISBN-13

978-0813166087
See all details

Frequently bought together

Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President

$29.95

Get it as soon as Friday, Jun 30

Only 1 left in stock (more on the way).

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

+

True Crime Philadelphia: From America's First Bank Robbery to the Real-Life Killers Who Inspired Boardwalk Empire

$28.95

Get it as soon as Friday, Jun 30

In Stock.

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Try again!

Details

Added to Cart

One of these items ships sooner than the other.

Show details Hide details

Choose items to buy together.

Kathryn Canavan
54
Hardcover
17 offers from $14.00

Editorial Reviews

Review

"While Lincoln's assassination has been covered in numerous books and articles, Canavan offers a fresh look at the subject. Her use of sources goes well beyond that which most scholars have used, and she writes with a flair not often found in historical works."―Edward Steers, Jr., author of Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

"Canavan has done an impressive job of placing the reader in the city of Washington as it was just before, up to, and after the death of President Lincoln. Any student of the Lincoln assassination will find himself actually walking in the footsteps of the people who were there: those living in the city, those in the audience at Ford's Theatre, and those gazing at the body of the dying president. A valuable addition to the body of published work about Lincoln and his death."―Joan Chaconas, historian at the Surratt House Museum

"Just when you thought there wasn't anything new to say about Abe Lincoln's assassination, along comes Ms. Canavan to reveal elements of the saga that will startle and enthrall even the most hard-core of Lincoln aficionados, including what must rank as the single most petty act by any one individual in the history of America―but I'll save that for the book."―Erik Larson, bestselling author of Devil in the White City, In the Garden of the Beasts, and Dead Wake

"While there have been thousands of books written about Lincoln's assassination, Lincoln's Final Hours is a welcome addition to a crowded field. Faced paced, dramatic and exciting, the reader will be hard pressed to put it down. The author, with her exquisite writing, has insured this."―Frank J. Williams, Founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum and President of the Ulysses S. Grant Association

"A long time newspaper editor, reporter and reseracher, Canavan used her skills to thoroughly vet the people and the events she describes in her book. A superior bit of scholarship. Well worthy of inclusion in the pantheon of Lincolnia."―Florida Times Union

"[Canavan's book] has given us a good reason to read once again about those dark days in American history. Her meticulous research about all the players in the days leading up to the assassination, and especially Lincoln's final hours in the boarding house across the street from the theater, has resulted in facts and color that provide fascinating reading. Her book contains details that even the Lincoln scholars would enjoy and learn from."―News Journal

"A longtime newspaper writer, editor and researcher, Canavan used her skills to thoroughly vet the people and the events she describes in her book. A superior bit of scholarship. Well worthy of inclusion in the pantheon of Lincolniana."―Georgia Times-Union

"While countless works on the Lincoln assassination exist, Lincoln's Final Hours moves beyond the well-known traditional accounts, offering readers a front row seat to the drama and horror of Lincoln's death by putting them in the shoes of the audience in Ford's Theatre that dreadful evening. Through her careful narration of the twists of fate that placed the president in harm's way, of the plotting conversations Booth had with his accomplices, and of the immediate aftermath of the assassination, Canavan illustrates how the experiences of a single night changed the course of American history."―Lone Star Book Review

"Nearly every page showcases her attention to detail and superb historical imagination that enable readers to experience almost vicariously these final scenes of Lincoln's life. She delves into contemporary letters and interviews as well as numerous postassassination reminiscences that other scholars have ignored. Anyone who enjoys gifted storytelling will find Lincoln's Final Hours rewarding reading."―Civil War News

"Canavan has performed excellent research in winnowing out myriad human interest details on all of the characters involved, from Booth himself, to photographer Julius Ulke taking an eloquent image of the blood-soaked death bed just minutes after Lincoln's body was removed. The result is a fastpaced, moving, yet authoritative account of the people caught up in the fallout of Booth's mad act. It changed the lives of everyone involved, from those who collected bits of bandage soaked with Lincoln's blood to sell as souvenirs, to Secretary of State William Seward who lived the rest of his life with the terrifying memory of one of Booth's accomplices stabbing repeatedly at his neck."―History Book Club

"A flair not often found in historical works. Canavan presents a controlled narrative crafted from absorbing a prolific cache of research. [A]n eerily clear chronology of the hours before and after the murder of President Abraham Lincoln."―Steve Flairty, Kentucky Monthly

"Lincoln's Final Hours is a marvelous book filled with one memorable and astonishing fact and detail after another. Canavan's writing is cinematic throughout, making it easy for the reader to visualize each and every scene, and she also beautifully captures the mood of the era. Lincoln's Final Hours has not only first-rate detailed research but a writing style perfectly matched to its subject matter. Wonders await the reader of this terrific book."―Civil War Book Review

"Although this is her first book, journalist and freelance writer Canavan has managed to out do pretty much every author who has worked on the death of Lincoln. This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the assassination."―NYMAS Review

"In what is her first book, journalist and freelance writer Canavan manages to outdo pretty much every author who has worked on the death of Lincoln, some of which have been rather impressive indeed. This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the assassination."―Strategy Page

"With vivid, thoroughly researched prose and a reporter's eye for detail, this fast-paced account not only furnishes a glimpse into John Wilkes Booth's personal and political motivations but also illuminates the stories of ordinary people whose lives were changed forever by the assassination. While countless works on the Lincoln assassination exist, Lincoln's Final Hours moves beyond the well-known traditional accounts, offering readers a front-row seat to the drama and horror of Lincoln's death by putting them in the shoes of the audience in Ford's Theatre that dreadful evening."―McCormick Messenger

About the Author

Kathryn Canavan is a former independent researcher and freelance writer for USA Today and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Press of Kentucky; First Edition (October 2, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081316608X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0813166087
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,152 in U.S. Civil War Confederacy History
- #1,742 in American Civil War Biographies (Books)
- #2,851 in US Presidents

Customer Reviews:
4.5 76 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Kathryn Canavan

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Kathryn Canavan started her journalism career on the crime beat. By age 26, she had covered a mass murder, reported one story at gunpoint and negotiated the surrender of a killer who was the subject of a five-state manhunt

Lincoln's Final Hours, her first true crime book, introduced the ordinary people thrust into an extraordinary event -- the nation's first presidential assassination. Some handled it better than others.

She has discussed the assassination on PBS, C-Span and the Discovery Channel.

True Crime Philadelphia chronicles the most sensational crimes in city history -- including one that stayed in the headlines for 50 years and gave rise to the admonition "Never take candy from a stranger."

Things don't always go exactly according to plan for criminals in Philadelphia. For 300 years, clever, heroic, quietly confident Philadelphians stepped in when it looked like things could break badly. Even famed crooks like Willie Sutton and Al Capone and H.H. Holmes proved no match for the ordinary citizens of Philadelphia.

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5

76 global ratings

5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

NOVA REVIEWER

UNEVEN COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2022

Verified Purchase

What Kathryn Canavan covered she covered well. I considered myself to be an amateur history buff and learned a lot from Ms. Canavan such as John Wilkes Booth visiting the same room and even on the same bed that President Lincoln died. I found this and other aspects of the assassination to be interesting trivial. But she put so much focus on what happened at Ford's Theatre and the Petersen Boarding House to the exclusion of so much else that happened with Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth.

It is what she did not cover that was disappointing. Maybe she thought she would just be repeating previous books and research about the president's murder so she left it out. She could have easily doubled the length of the book and provided a much more definitive narration of the events leading up to the events of 14 - 15 April 1865 and afterwards. But she chose not to for whatever reason. She scarcely mentioned that John Wilkes Booth had co-conspirators who were assigned other targets that night. She did not mention that Booth had so little faith in co-conspirator George Atzerodt who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson that he left a note for the vice president hoping to implicate him in the president's murder. Booth was, by the way, justified in his lack of trust as Atzerodt got cold feet and got drunk instead. Ms. Canavan said nothing about Municipal Police Officer John Frederick Parker who was assigned to protect the president at Ford's Theatre. While John Wilkes Booth was putting down the president that night, Parker was at a tavern next door putting down a beer.

There was so much more to what led up to that night and what happened afterwards than Ms. Canavan wrote about. Again, maybe she did not want to rehash what others had already written. But if somebody wants a better and more detail narrative about President Lincoln's assassination, to include significant trivial such as I mentioned above, there are far better narratives than what Ms. Canavan presented.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2020

Verified Purchase

As a longtime reader of history, I find the best history books are those which take a short period of a character’s life and write about it in detail. Oh, there is probably a short prehistory and post history in the book, but basically the writing is centered around one event and it’s effect on the individual and the wider world. Such a book is Kathryn Canavan’s new book, “Lincoln’s Final Hours”. The book’s subtitle, “Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America’s Greatest President”.

Canavan takes a sober look at the events of April 14 and April 15, 1865 in Washington City. The week began with the joy of the surrender of Confederate troops at Appomattox and ended with the assassin of the president by John Wilkes Booth. Much of the action takes place at Ford’s Theater, where Lincoln was shot and Peterson’s boardinghouse where he was taken and died early in the morning of April 15.

Most everyone who reads this book knows the story of the assassination, but many wouldn’t know the particulars of how and where Lincoln died. Canavan looks at many of the side characters history sometimes gives short shrift to. Her writing is lively and not a word is wasted. Her book is one of the best slice-of-history I’ve ever read.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Robert C. Cochran

Vivid re-telling of Lincoln's final hours.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 3, 2015

Verified Purchase

In the Epilogue to her book, “Lincoln’s Final Hours”, the author writes: “”The Lincoln assassination, for better or worse, changed the lives of ordinary and extraordinary Washingtonians. The event was so jarring to nineteenth-century America that the slightest connection to it usually merited a mention in an otherwise ordinary obituary, even into the mid-1950s.” This is an excellent summary to Kathy Canavan’s book. Set in the euphoric atmosphere in Washington in the days following Lee’s surrender to Grant, Kathy literally takes the reader through Lincoln’s final hours from the perspective of numerous “ordinary and extraordinary Washingtonians” who witnessed and/or were affected by the first assignation of an American president: John Wilkes Booth as well as a number folks who crossed his path that day; Mary Lincoln; Major and Clara Rathbone, the Lincoln’s guests in the box that evening; Lincoln’s cabinet members; Dr. Charles Leale, the 23 year old Army surgeon who attended to Lincoln in his final hours; various members of the Peterson family who lived across the street and in whose house Lincoln passed away; fellow boarders in the Peterson boarding house; the actors on and behind the stage in Ford’s Theatre as well as many audience members; even Joseph Hazelton, a “young program boy whose hair John Wilkes Booth tousled on the day of the assassination…” The author’s narrative style reads more like a novel than a history book and her attention to detail gives the reader a ground eye view and a very real sense of what it felt like to be in Washington on that day. For these reasons I highly recommend this book.

6 people found this helpful

Helpful

Deborah F

Well written and highly suspenseful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2016

Verified Purchase

A wonderfully entertaining and informative book about the last hours of Abraham Lincoln lived by those whose lives intersected with his on the last day of his life. Rich in many illuminating details - culled by much diligent digging through memoirs and letters and obscure references - woven into a gripping and suspenseful narrative. I enjoyed every moment of it and have read it several times since I purchased it last fall. I felt like I was there - in the rooms and on the streets. Ms. Canavan did a wonderful job taking a story I thought I knew fairly well and making it new, deeper, layered, fascinating and vivid - I really hadn't known it at all. Also has great illustrations.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Amazon Music Stream millions of songs	Amazon Advertising Find, attract, and engage customers	6pm Score deals on fashion brands	AbeBooks Books, art & collectibles	ACX Audiobook Publishing Made Easy	Sell on Amazon Start a Selling Account

Amazon Business Everything For Your Business	Amazon Fresh Groceries & More Right To Your Door	AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally	Home Services Experienced Pros Happiness Guarantee	Amazon Ignite Sell your original Digital Educational Resources	Amazon Web Services Scalable Cloud Computing Services

Audible Listen to Books & Original Audio Performances	Book Depository Books With Free Delivery Worldwide	Box Office Mojo Find Movie Box Office Data	ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics	DPReview Digital Photography	Fabric Sewing, Quilting & Knitting

Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations	IMDb Movies, TV & Celebrities	IMDbPro Get Info Entertainment Professionals Need	Kindle Direct Publishing Indie Digital & Print Publishing Made Easy	Amazon Photos Unlimited Photo Storage Free With Prime	Prime Video Direct Video Distribution Made Easy

Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands	Amazon Warehouse Great Deals on Quality Used Products	Whole Foods Market America’s Healthiest Grocery Store	Woot! Deals and Shenanigans	Zappos Shoes & Clothing	Ring Smart Home Security Systems

eero WiFi Stream 4K Video in Every Room	Blink Smart Security for Every Home	Neighbors App Real-Time Crime & Safety Alerts	Amazon Subscription Boxes Top subscription boxes – right to your door	PillPack Pharmacy Simplified	Amazon Renewed Like-new products you can trust

Buy new: $21.95$21.95 $3.99 delivery: June 29 - 30 Ships from: Patricia's Porch Sold by: Patricia's Porch

Buy used: $12.29

Other Sellers on Amazon

Follow the Author

Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President Hardcover – October 2, 2015

Purchase options and add-ons

Frequently bought together

Customers who bought this item also bought

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Videos

About the author

Kathryn Canavan

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Buy new:

$21.95

$3.99 delivery: June 29 - 30

Ships from: Patricia's Porch

Sold by: Patricia's Porch

Buy used:

$12.29