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Mike Person

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Mike Person - With Malice Toward One

About a year ago, I spoke in my wife’s fifth grade class about the Lincoln assassination. She gave me a sheet containing the information that the school district requires them to pass on to their students. It basically said, “ Booth shot Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre.” Being an avid reader on this subject, I told the real story of what happened on April 14, 1865. Including the kidnapping plot, those involved, the trial, and the manhunt for Booth. The class loved it, but I was shocked that this was the first time they had heard any of the actual details. After the class I complained to my wife about how little gets taught on this subject. She issued me a challenge, It was a “put up or shut up” moment.

So I set out to create for her classroom a book. One that contained all the information, but was enjoyable for her kids. I really wanted to create something that would be a starting point, to spark interests to continue reading great novels such as American Brutus or The Day Lincoln Was Shot. I know that Bill O’Reilly and James Swanson have books that are marketed toward young readers, while this is great, these books are just the same as their novels; just shortened versions with a few pictures thrown in. Children still find them difficult to read and lose interest.

I decided to write a comic book, or graphic novel styled book. I felt that the best way to get a child interested is by putting a picture in their mind. I was always a visual reader. Growing up I loved reading the Classics in comic book form, which I truly believe made me a lover of books. I also have a wonderful copy of The Divine Comedy. On the left hand pages it is written in Italian and the right is translated to English. I decided to write this book using a similar method. The left hand would be in prose, and the right would be in comic book fashion. I figured for the higher reading students the detailed information would be nice, while the comic style could be read by all.

This project has really grown. I have even made it into a book form, for her class. The students, Teachers at the school, and family have been suggesting to me to try and have it published. So I self published it through Amazon so family and friends could have it in actual book form. It is now available through the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites as well as in physical form in the book store of The Surratt House Museum in Clinton, Maryland.

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Elgin, IL

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http://cranstonhouse.weebly.com

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