LINCOLN'S LAST HOURS [NOOK Book]

Recommend for all history and/or Lincoln buffs; a must read!

A first hand account on what happened that terrible evening as recalled by the attending physician, an Army officer and surgeon, who just happened to be in attendance on that same night at the Ford Theater. Ensuring a record of that fateful night, the facts are painfully recalled and delivered in a talk, given by the then elderly doctor, in the early 1900's.

10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Must read for every Lincoln fan and history buff.

I found it to be a very personal account. I felt like I was there.

8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Personal account and very detailed

If you have any interest in President Lincoln or this time in American History purchase this short and first hand acount from the primary army doctor that treated Lincoln immediantly after he had been shot

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Must read,

If you are a history buff this is a must own, and it is free!

7 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Informative

A brief but minutely detailed account of the hours between the moment the fatal bullet struck Lincoln at Ford's Theatre until his death the next morning by an attending physician. Even for a Lincoln buff, there are details of which you were probably not aware. Factual and objective.

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Historical

I am just curious why this hasn't been included in educational texts. It is an amazing first hand account of the final hours of a great President. The doctor who was the primary responder to President Lincoln, providing care for him from the floor of the Ford Theater until his death across the street. The primative methods of medicine ( attempting to give the unconscious President a sip of whiskey) to elements of modern medicine ( attempting an early version of CPR) The practice of keeping an accurate account of every action and intervention including the names and actions of all of individuals involved. Would President Lincoln have survived with today's technology?? Curious.

4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Interesting Historical Perspective

Written by the army surgeon who first attended to Lincoln after he was shot, this provides an interesting historical perspective. It also provides an interesting first hand account of the efforts and emotions that followed the shooting and bedside vigil. Dr. Leale was sympathetic to Mary Lincoln as well as her reactions and efforts that night which seems to be rare in other authors. The account is a short but worthwhile read.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Must read for anyone interested in Lincoln's death

Really very interesting. Presented very directly, but accurately. I had never read an account by the physcian that was "first on scene" at Lincoln's assassination. Truly unique.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Very Interesting

I found this short book very intersting. It took me back in time. Alot of small details that you don't hear about.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Excellent insight - Highly recommended!

A unique opportunity to read the words of the attending physician at the Lincoln assassination.

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

An incredible virtually minute to minute account from the shot to his death.

I felt as though I was standing in the presidential box watching history unfold. Thank you Dr. Leale for putting this on paper. Heartbreaking and amazing at the same time.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Is that what you call a sample?

That sample was 2 pages long which makes me not want to buy it. It is very informative yet I know almost everything in it.

1 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

First hand account

"Linclon's Last Hours" was written by the physician who attended the President at Ford's Theatre immediately following the assassination through until Lincoln passed the next morning. Good primary source material.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

First person account

I love first person accounts of history. I felt as though I was there. The facts and details are there. This book is just apart of history and really can't be reviewed. It is a dictation from the attending doctor of what happened the night president Lincoln was shot.

A Footnote in History

The doctor who attended to the wounded president records the night and last hours of Abraham Lincoln. This is important because it accords a first hand view of the events of April 15-16, 1865. The doctor also records the words said at the president's passing "Now he belongs to the ages".

Gripping account by first doctor at the assassination scene

This short, gripping, factual account is by the first doctor on the scene at Ford's Theater. It is easily read in one sitting.
Dr. Leale was an Army surgeon who was at Ford's Theater the night of the Lincoln assassination. He was the first doctor into the Presidential box immediately after the shooting. Dr. Leale stayed with Lincoln - though other doctors came and went - throughout the night and was there at his dying.
The medical descriptions are clinically excellent and provide a rare, one person insight into the fateful hours after Booth fired his pistol. This is a must read for any historian, especially those interested in Lincoln.

Tom nagle

Of the dozen of books that I have read on the civil war and President Lincoln although this book was only 16 pages it was excellent.

Good read

Very interesting first account of Lincoln's last hours

Boo

Bad!!!!

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

this is a great book about abe lincoln!

Have fun reafing this book