“Sic semper tyrannis!” These were the words spoken by John Wilkes Booth after he shot Abe Lincoln, meaning “Thus always to tyrants.” Killing Lincoln is an historical non-fiction book that thoroughly explains the events of the most well-known conspiracy in America; the assassination of the sixteenth US President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted murder of Secretary of State, William Seward. It was written by, quite possibly, the most talked about political commentator in America, Bill O’Reilly. He wrote it to inform the reader about the true final minutes of Mr. Lincoln. An important fact from this book was that Ulysses S. Grant turned down President Lincoln’s offer to attend the Ford’s Theatre on the night of his death. If Grant would have
