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Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson. |
| Authors: | Swanson, James L. |
| Call number: | 973.7 SWA |
| Publisher: | New York : William Morrow, c2006. |
| Publication date: | c2006. |
| Subject: |
Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Case studies.
Assassination -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies. Criminal investigation -- United States -- Case studies. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865. |
| Title: | Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson. |
| Additional title: | Manhunt : the 12-day chase for Lincoln's killer |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 448 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-438) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0060518499 (acid-free paper) |
| LCCN: | 2005044911 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1028636 |
| Bib No.: | 1028636 |
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