HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN written by Beth Anderson illustrated by Sally Wern Comport

Beth Anderson’s HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN arrived in a box of books about women. Why did this book stand out for me? It dropped you in the middle of the action, the heroine disguising herself as a Southern Belle whose pretense of hatred of Lincoln hid the fact that she was trying to discover a plot to murder the president. Wisely, the author focuses on this huge moment hidden in history, wherein Warne engineers a plan to get Lincoln out of Philadelphia unharmed. Illustrations by Sally Wern Comport appear as if pages in a scrapbook embracing the era and the expediency of Warne’s heroic actions. You can find out more about this book on the purchase link below.