Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln

Beth Anderson (Author) Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)
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Product Type: Hardcover Books
Age Groups: Ages 7 to 9

Introducing America’s first female detective, Kate Warne. Her mission? Protect president-elect Abraham Lincoln from Southern rebels bent on assassinating him before his inauguration.

Abraham Lincoln faced a dangerous and uncertain future when he left Springfield, Illinois, for his inauguration in Washington, DC. Luckily for him, detective Kate Warne had his back, even if he didn’t know it yet.

Hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Kate Warne used her exceptional acting and conversational skills to uncover the rebel plot to kill Lincoln in Baltimore, the only Southern city on his route to DC. Though men in this era were often reluctant to listen to a woman, Kate was persuasive and eventually got the president-elect to agree to her secret plan: Lincoln would travel disguised as her sick brother.

Join Kate and the president as they travel on a night train from Philadelphia, covertly making their way through Baltimore in the wee hours of the morning and then on to Washington. And keep an eye out for spies and assassins!

This exciting American history picture book from award-winning author Beth Anderson, well-known for action-packed books on daring women, and illustrated by Sally Wern Comport in her signature mix of collage, drawing, and paint, brings Kate to thrilling and vivid life.

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SKU 146711
ISBN 9781635928235
Language English
Page Count 48
Product Type Hardcover Books
Book Type Picture Books
Additional Contributor Sally Wern Comport
Primary Contributor Beth Anderson
Age Groups Ages 7 to 9
Publisher Calkins Creek