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Cleveland author to present “The Baltimore Plot”

Mike McKenna, Assistant News Editor
February 1, 2013

Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln.

He was the president who got the nation through a civil war, the president who ended slavery.

However, what if he had never made it to his inauguration before the Civil War started?

A presentation on campus next Monday may answer just that.

On Feb. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Building, award-winning author and Cleveland native Daniel Strashower will discuss the “The Baltimore Plot,” a real plan to assassinate Lincoln on his train ride to his 1862 inauguration. “The Baltimore Plot” is the subject of Strashower’s latest nonfiction book “The Hour of Peril.”

Strashower will be available to sign books after the talk.

The free event is open to the public, so registration, which can be done on the Baker-Nord Center’s website, is recommended. For more information on the event, email bakernord@case.edu.

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Mike McKenna
Mike McKenna, Executive Editor
Mike McKenna is a senior biology and psychology student currently serving as The Observer's Executive Editor, after spending last year in the Director of Print position. Mike served his sophomore year and the end of his freshman year as the News Editor. Prior to bringing campus happenings to the CWRU community, Mike held a myriad of positions, including Asst. News Editor, Sports Layout Editor, and Research and Innovations Reporter. In addition to his newspaper duties, Mike is an active member of the CWRU Labre Homeless Outreach Ministry Program and the Newman Catholic Campus Student Association. A sports fanatic, Mike is, albeit somewhat unfortunately, a huge Chicago Cubs fan, and despite hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, an avid Packer-backer. You can reach Mike at michael.mckenna@case.edu.