Josh Mensch

Mensch is a New York Times bestselling author and documentary television producer with a focus on American history and culture. He is coauthor with Brad Meltzer of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children.

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The Secret Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln

They tried to kill Abraham Lincoln long before shots were fired at Ford’s Theatre. Four years before John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger, there was another plot to assassinate Lincoln: in February 1861, after Lincoln...

By Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
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