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Brown, Don

He Has Shot the President!: April 14, 1865: The Day John Wilkes Booth Killed President Lincoln

64 pp. | Roaring Brook | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-224-6 $17.99

(1) 4-6 Actual Times series. Brown introduces both major actors, Lincoln and Booth, and then begins the tricky task of chronologically following each man to his death. He does so successfully, switching back and forth with impeccable transitions. The text is matter-of-fact and detailed, and the illustrations, in Brown's slightly impressionistic style and rendered in somber shades of brown, blue, and gray, create drama. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014