One must tell the bees : Abraham Lincoln and the final education of Sherlock Holmes

"President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Ford's!" When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs the 12-year-old son of the dying President, races the boy to safety, and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history. One Must Tell the Bees is the untold story of Sherlock Holmes's journey from the streets of London to the White House of Abraham Lincoln and, in company with a freed slave named after the dead President, their breathtaking pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. It is the very first case of the man who would become known to the world as Sherlock Holmes, and as readers will discover, it will haunt him until his very last. At a time when Western history is being reexamined and retold, old heroes cast aside and statues torn down, and even the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, "the Great Emancipator," is questioned, One Must Tell the Bees is a timely reminder that our history deserves to be understood before it is entirely undone. President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Fords! When those harrowing words ring out during a childrens entertainment in Washington, D.C. the evening of Friday, April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young English chemist named Holmes grabs Tad Lincoln, the 12 year-old son of the dying President and races the boy out the theater and into a city convulsed by the shooting of the man known as the Great Emancipatorand soon finds himself on the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. This is the extraordinary untold story of how that young chemist and a freed slave boy named Abraham tracked Booth through backwoods Maryland and across the Potomac River to the tobacco barn where Booth died. It is the very first case of the detective we now know as Sherlock Holmes. And as we learn in One Must Tell the Bees, it is nothing like his last "When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs Tad Lincoln, the 12-year-old son of the dying President, races the boy to safety and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history. One Must Tell the Bees is the untold story of young Holmes's journey from the streets of London to the White House of Abraham Lincoln -- and his breathtaking pursuit of John Wilkes Booth in the company of the freed slave named Abraham. It is the very first case of the man who would become known to the world as Sherlock Holmes, and as readers will discover, it will haunt him until his very last."--Jacket flap "When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs Tad Lincoln, the 12-year-old son of the dying President, races the boy to safety and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history. One Must Tell the Bees is the untold story of young Holmes's journey from the streets of London to the White House of Abraham Lincoln -- and his breathtaking pursuit of John Wilkes Booth in the company of the freed slave named Abraham. It is the very first case of the man who would become known to the world as Sherlock Holmes, and as readers will discover, it will haunt him until his very last."--Back cover President Lincoln Is Assassinated In His Private Box At Ford's! When Those Harrowing Words Ring Out During A Children's Entertainment In Washington, D.c. The Evening Of April 14, 1865, A Quick-thinking Young English Chemist Named Holmes Grabs Tad Lincoln, The 12 Year-old Son Of The Dying President And Races The Boy To Safety-and Soon Finds Himself On The Hunt For John Wilkes Booth. It Is The Very First Case Of The Detective We Now Know As Sherlock Holmes. But As We Learn In One Must Tell The Bees, It Is Nothing Like His Final Education?