Minute-by-minute The Day Lincoln Was Shot chronicles the movements of Abraham Lincoln and his assassin until the almost unbearable suspense snaps with a single gunshot and a leap to the stage. From a thousand bits and scraps of information Jim Bishop has fashioned an unforgettable tale of tragedy more gripping than fiction, more alive than any newspaper account. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Abraham Lincoln, Jim Bishop, Louis J. Wiechman, United States History, Edward McMasters Stanton, United States Civil War, Lewis Paine, United States Presidents, David Herold, Andrew Johnson, Ulysees S. Grant, John Wilkes Booth, George A. Atzerodt, Assassinations).