Manhunt
the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer
by James L. Swanson
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through 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. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, John Wilkes Booth threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat. Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics, this book is a fully documented work, but it is also a tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal, an hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters.--From publisher description.
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Nonfiction, Assassination, Investigation, Fugitives from justice, Case studies, Criminal investigation, History, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination, Criminal investigation, united states, Booth, john wilkes, 1838-1865, nyt:crime-and-punishment=2015-03-08, New York Times bestseller, PresidentsPlaces
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
February 6, 2007, Harper Perennial
Paperback
in English
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Abraham Lincoln's Killer
2007, Portrait
in English
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Manhunt: the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer
2006, William Morrow
in English
- 1st ed.
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Manhunt: the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer
2006, William Morrow
in English
- 1st ed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Manhunt presents an hour-by-hour account of the twelve days in 1865 between President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the capture and death of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. It tells the story through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters - and makes clear why Booth refused to be taken alive. Originally published in 2006.
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