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Title: Lincoln's Last Hours

Author: Charles Leale

Narrator: David Van Der Molen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-17

Publisher: Audio Sommelier

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Lincoln's Last Hours describe the assassination and last moments of President Lincoln's life. They were written by Dr. Charles Leale, the first doctor to attend to Lincoln after he was shot.

Members Reviews:

Living History

This short essay gives the account of the first physician to treat President Lincoln on the night of his assassination. It puts you in Lincoln 's box at the Ford Theater as Dr. Leale begins to treat the President, recognizing he can do no more than postpone the inevitable. Leale accompanies Lincoln to the Peterson house. As more senior military doctors arrive and take over treatment, Leale holds the President 's hand until the end. I consider this short,compelling work the best read I ever found for my Kindle.

Well Worth the Time

Pieces of this have been quoted so many times in different books and magazine accounts I've read that it was difficult to believe I was reading the original source. The fact that this was available for pennies from Amazon is really exciting and I thank them for that availability. Dr. Leale writes clearly and concisely with a doctor's and a soldier's eye, and what starts as a simple account of his worship for Lincoln and his desire to see him at Ford's Theater that fateful night becomes much more. In this day and age, with the president's staff of traveling medical care, it's also amazing to think that this became Leale's case because he was the first doctor on the scene of the tragedy and given Pres. Garfield's experience 15 years later, how fortunate Lincoln was that it was a man who early on recognized the finality of the president's injury and yet provided him the greatest care he could. What a way to become a footnote to history, and Leale leaves us with an account that's both modest and complete. This is well worth the time it takes to read it.

A Fitting Requiem for the Great Emancipator

Dr. Charles Leale's personal account of the last hours of Abraham Lincoln's life is moving, fascinating and quite thoughtfully written. It reads surprisingly well as a book, though it was originally written by the author as a speech in observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the slain president. Make no mistake, this is an intensely interesting and very personal piece of historical writing that is an invaluable first hand look at the night Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth.

As told by the doctor that was there

Great historical read by the doctor that treated Lincoln. It must of been a tough go for him to recall the details for us curious folk. Something all Lincoln historical people should read.

Clinical but moving

This is a very short first hand account of the passing of President Lincoln. Sadly, had this surgeon not taken the actions he had, Abraham Lincoln would have died from his mortal wounds hours before he did, if not minutes after he was shot. Sensibly, his actions gave time to the living for all that was needed for his family, his Government, and his country. He didn't pass quickly, but peacefully with all respect and honor that was his due. While his body was brought back countless times from the moment of death, his soul was already heaven bound. One can only hope his suffering didn't last as long as it took to let him go.