reading response

The book Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson showed the work of how the president was assassinated. It took them a week to two weeks to find the man who assassinated the president and the people who worked with John. It brought chaos to the whole North and brought fear to the South as well as the murderer was going to the South where he hoped that the war would be fought again, but it didn't do nothing like that, instead it made Lincoln a hero to the North and people in the South thought of him as a innocent man.

John Wilkes Booth had a great advantage because he was an actor so he knew how to lie and act casually. He had mercenaries with him and had people also to aid him as well. He tricked his way to escaping by telling people lies about his trip to the South and told them lies about why the North was coming. When all the people found out about this, everyone was shocked about the way he did it. John shot him in the back of the head and Lincoln didn't die quick, it took him 3 to 4 days becuase he was brain dead.

It was interesting to see John be the leader of this whole plan and it was also sad too because it ended a very happy time when the Confederacy was lost and the whole nation was reunited. It was a quick end to the happiness. The only person who actually helped John was Lewis Powell. He almost killed the secratary, but he also damaged his daughter and son, his servant too. Everyone else left too because they were scared about being caught.

When every worker who helped John heard about Lewis and how John killed Lincoln, they were are scared and suprised. Lewis was brutal to the whole nation and John outdone himself. He was very respected everywhere no matter which side he went with. No one cared if he hated Lincoln or not or he supported slavery. He was a great actor that threw out evrything he had. Money, home, slaves, servants, all that he had was thrown away for this act. The loyalty he had was great.

Lincoln who freed the slaves was a hero-only to the African Americans. After the assassination though people started to think he was great as George Washington and like that he was a national hero. Even Southeners felt sorry for him and his family because he risked everything for this war and a lot was on the line. He was starting to be the president who was courages and brave and people were seeing the works he has done when he was president. All because of what John did.