The Murder of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary 80 pp.
I think this is the last of the "Victorian Murder" graphic novel series that I had to finish. As the title says, it is a quite detailed account of John Wilkes Booth's failed conspiracy to kidnap President Lincoln and the assassination. Geary uses well placed full page and 2/3 page illustrations for emphasis of important details and smaller panels to incorporate more detail.. The full page drawing of the stricken Lincoln lying diagonally on a too short bed viewed from above is quite dramatic. And, as he did in other books of this series, Geary raises some unanswered (and unanswerable) questions regarding the crime.
Now I'll start the new year with "The Treasury of XXth Century Murder."
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