![]() Swanson isn't a historian but a journalist. 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. 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.īased 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. ![]() The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history-the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. ![]() It is a triumphant book.”-Doris Kearns Goodwin ![]() “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. ![]()
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