01972cam a2200289 4500 266684914 TxAuBib 20130127120000.0 121108s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012042103 9780312600228 hardcover $26.99 0312600224 hardcover $26.99 (OCoLC)795172332 DLC eng DLC BTCTA BDX OCLCO UPZ YDXCP WIM ABG TxAuBib Stashower, Daniel. The hour of peril : the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War / Daniel Stashower. First edition. New York, N.Y. : Minotaur Books, 2013. ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index. Long, narrow boxes -- The cooper and the rail-splitter. His hour had not yet come ; The apprentice ; How I became a detective ; Ardent spirits ; Pink lady ; Let us dare to do our duty ; It's coming yet -- Plums and nuts. A pig-tail whistle ; Mobtown ; Suspicions of danger ; Hostile organizations ; The man and the hour ; If I alone must do it ; A postponed rebellion ; A rabid rebel ; Whitewash ; The music agent ; A few determined men ; An assault of some kind ; The assassin's knife -- The martyr and the scapegoat. The flight of Abraham ; The hour of peril ; Some very tall swearing ; An infamous lie. Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War. 20130128. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination attempt, 1861. Baltimore (Md) Police Dept Homicide Unit History Civil War, 1861-1865. Presidents Assassination attempts United States.