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Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer
- Title
- Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
- Author
- Swanson, James L., 1959-
- Publication
- New York : William Morrow, c2006.
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Details
- Description
- 448 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-438) and index.
- Call Number
- IBM 06-3441
- ISBN
- 0060518499 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2005044911
- 9780060518493
- OCLC
- 61253945
- vendorOCM61253945
- Author
- Swanson, James L., 1959-
- Title
- Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
- Imprint
- New York : William Morrow, c2006.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-438) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780060518493
- Research Call Number
- IBM 06-3441