Avenging Abe—Book Review
Aug 13th, 2008 by Kim
Avenging Abe:
Just recently I had the opportunity of having a book from Crackjaw Publishing delivered in my mail. Although the book they sent me was not exactly the type of book that I normally read, I was willing to step out of my comfort zone and try it. And I am quite pleased that I did.
This book Avenging Abe is written by author Eric Mortensen. Up until I got possession of this book, I had never heard tell of this author. But after having read his work of art, I will definitely be looking forward to other publications of his.
The Book:
The story of Abe Lincoln’s death and cover up just needed to be told. And this author did a wonderful job of telling the stories. By displaying such characters as Captain Jason Gosse and Kevin Hughes the author was easily able to tell of all the events leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln as well as the massive cover up after the assassination. Although there were many more key players in this story, these two characters are definitely the core characters of the book.
Basically what the reader learns is that in the year 1863 the government learned that there was to be an assassination attempt on the president’s life. So these two characters were to be used to save the president’s life. If saving his life was a failure they were then directed to help in the cover up which would fool the entire country. Throughout the book we follow their journey and their trials and tribulations by trying to follow the government’s orders in the cover up.
Each page was chalked full of action and suspense. And I honestly couldn’t wait to turn the page to see what would happen next. There were so many surprises and twists that reading it was like reading a jigsaw puzzle. Honestly this was a book that I figured I may like, but as it turned out, I loved it.
If your a history buff and would like to read all about the assassination and cover up of the president’s death in the 1800’s, then I highly suggest that you get your hands on a copy of this great book.
Sounds like a great book! I’m not normally a history reader, but this sounds like it’s written almost like a mystery novel which I love. I’ll have to keep my eyes out for this one!
Thanks for sharing your review of it!
Margaret
Too bad I’m not interested in books… But would surely hope that someone would read a book to me instead. haha