Manhunt

The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

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Paperback | 1 February 2007

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Paperback
496 Pages

Edition Type
Annotated

Age
15 - 18

Grade
10+

Dimensions(cm)
13.5 x 20.2 x 3.7

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"James Swanson has written a terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln's killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish just as the actual manhunt mesmerized the entire nation. It is a triumphant book."-Doris Kearns Goodwin

The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history--the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, 12-day chase from the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.

Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics Manhunt is a fully documented, fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, it is history as it's never been read before.

Industry Reviews

"James Swanson has written a terrific narrative . . . a triumphant book." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin

"Brilliant! Absolutely haunting. . . . This historical book is almost impossible to put down." -- Patricia Cornwell

"A gripping page-turner . . . Riviting . . . Booth comes across as viscerally real." -- Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

"Told expertly . . . Swanson's moment by moment account of the 12-day chase is compulsively readable." -- Wall Street Journal

"Extraordinary . . . Brilliant . . . As gripping as any tightly scripted crime drama" -- Boston Globe

"An action-adventure . . . infuse[d] with high drama. . . . A multifaceted chronicle." -- New York Times

"Vividly readable example of the you-are-there genre . . . managed with 'CSI' immediacy." -- Washington Post

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