Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House is 9th and 10th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 9 |
SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 11 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House is 84,630 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 39 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 25 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 9 mins.
Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House - 84,630 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 9 hrs 25 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 39 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 9 mins |
for Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House
A thrilling dive into the little-known, darker side of a revered president’s history, Lincoln’s Lie untangles the threads behind a mysterious 1864 newspaper article to reveal how Lincoln manipulated the media during the Civil War, shining new light onto today’s issues of fake news and presidential conflict with the press. In 1864, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, two newspapers published a call, allegedly authored by President Lincoln, for the immediate conscription of 400,000 more Union soldiers. New York streets erupted in pandemonium. Wall Street markets went wild. When Lincoln sent troops to seize the newspaper presses and arrest the editors, it became clear: The proclamation was a lie. Who put out this fake news? Was it a Confederate spy hoping to incite another draft riot? A political enemy out to ruin the president in an election year? Or was there some truth to the proclamation―far more truth than anyone suspected? Unpacking this overlooked historical mystery for the first time, journalist Elizabeth Mitchell takes readers on a dramatic journey from newspaper offices filled with heroes and charlatans to the haunted White House confinement of Mary Todd Lincoln, from the packed pews of the celebrated preacher Reverend Henry Ward Beecher’s Plymouth Church to the War Department offices in the nation’s capital and a Grand Jury trial. In Lincoln’s Lie, Mitchell brings to life the remarkable story of the manipulators of the news and why they decided to play such a dangerous game during a critical period of American history. Her account of Lincoln’s troubled relationship to the press and its role in the Civil War is one that speaks powerfully to our current political crises: fake news, profiteering, Constitutional conflict, and a president at war with the press.