After reading the book Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly and Marty Dugard, I would say it is a very well written portrayal of the event at hand. A symbol that I could use to describe this book is a pistol. I’d use this because it is the killing weapon that sent shock waves around the world all the way from the Ford’s Theatre. Without the use of a small, single shot pistol, who knows how the world would be today. The detail of the final few days one of the most prolific and heroic Americans was able to breathe on earth was very captivating. Everybody has heard of this event occurring, but to read it in such the manor it was written made it a very tough book to set down. From the very first sentence of the Prologue which reads “The man with six weeks to live is anxious”, to the suspense in the chapters just prior to the assassination itself, O’Reilly and Dugard do a very good job conveying what is about to unfold. Also, the use of actual images and portraits of the setting and characters really seemed to connect me to the assassination and occurring events. However, what I found most intriguing in this book is the aftermath. Many people would stop with killing of Lincoln and jump directly to the death of Booth, however O’Reilly and Dugard added all of the details in between. By doing so it allows us as readers to have a more in depth look at the life the killer of Abe Lincoln lived post assassination. In my opinion this was a home run, and a very well written book that I would suggest to any history lover.