The Day Lincoln was Shot Author:Bishop, Jim Library of Congress Publication Number: 54-12170 Minute by minute "The Day Lincoln was Shot" chronicles the movements of President Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth until the almost unbearable suspense snaps with a single gunshot and a leap to the stage. From a thousand bits and scraps of information, Jim Bishop has fashioned an unfor... more »gettable tale of tragedy more gripping than fiction, more alive than any newspaper account.« less