Manhunt : The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Author(s): James L. Swanson
Soon to be an Apple TV Series
“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.
Review(s):
“James Swanson has written a terrific narrative . . . a triumphant book.”
“Brilliant! Absolutely haunting. . . . This historical book is almost impossible to put down.”
“A gripping page-turner . . . Riviting . . . Booth comes across as viscerally real.”
“Told expertly . . . Swanson’s moment by moment account of the 12-day chase is compulsively readable.”
“Extraordinary . . . Brilliant . . . As gripping as any tightly scripted crime drama”
“An action-adventure . . . infuse[d] with high drama. . . . A multifaceted chronicle.”
“Vividly readable example of the you-are-there genre . . . managed with ‘CSI’ immediacy.”
ISBN: 9780060518509