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Read summary of "from Lincoln a Photobiography and answer the questions below.
1. Is the summary effective? Why or why not?
2. Does it include the main idea?
3. What is the main idea?
4. Does it include critical details? Give examples.
5. Does it include any underlying meanings? Give examples.
Summary
Despite rumors and threats of his assassination and a prophetic dream of his corpse lying in state, President Abraham Lincoln met the morning of his last day ( April 14, 1865) with courage and optimism.
He spent the morning in meetings pressing his non-vindictive plan for reconstruction of the South. Then he took a carriage ride with his wife Mary and discussed the future hopefully.
That evening the Lincolns attended a play at Ford’s Theater. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and southern sympathizer. He died the following morning and the country was plunged into mourning. Following a state funeral, Lincoln’s body was taken in a week long train ride past thousands of mourners which ended in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois.
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