DrumNFeather
02-22-2013, 09:48 AM
So, Nat-Geo just ran a 2 hour special called "Killing Lincoln." Apparently it is based on the book by Bill O'Reilly. I haven't read this book, but I did read Manhunt: The 12 Day Search for Lincoln's Killer. So much of what I saw in the special was similar to what I read in that book. Still, I thought this special was really well done. It was narrated by Tom Hanks and literally walked through the planning and execution of the assassination plot of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Anyways, having read a lot about this subject in the past, as well as some of the post-death Lincoln material, I found the special to be quite interesting.
The one thing I remember learning and being surprised to learn was that when Booth was captured, he was shot in the back of the neck and paralyzed from the neck down and died pretty miserable. Certainly a fitting end for him, but it was just something I never knew. In the special they mentioned that there was actually a photograph taken of the autopsy of Booth, but that the photograph was never found.
In any event, worth checking out.
The one thing I remember learning and being surprised to learn was that when Booth was captured, he was shot in the back of the neck and paralyzed from the neck down and died pretty miserable. Certainly a fitting end for him, but it was just something I never knew. In the special they mentioned that there was actually a photograph taken of the autopsy of Booth, but that the photograph was never found.
In any event, worth checking out.