Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
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2007 Audie® Award Finalist - Non-Fiction, AbridgedThe 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, twelve-day chase from the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, Americas notorious villain. A confederate sympathizer and member of a celebrated acting family, Booth threw away his fame, wealth, and promise for a chance to avenge the Souths defeat. For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying the justice they sought.Manhunt is a fully documented work, but it is also a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal... The New York Times - Janet Maslin Nearly 141 years later, the body of literature about Lincoln's death is immense and seemingly exhaustive. Yet James L. Swanson's Manhunt has found a reasonably new angle from which to approach its material … he has successfully streamlined the assassination's aftermath into an action-adventure version of these events. He makes Manhunt very accessible and infuses it with high drama.
1I had this strange dream again last night92I have done it353His sacred blood624We have assassinated the president955Find the murderers1336That vile rabble of human bloodhounds1767Hunted like a dog2248I have some little pride2559Useless, useless28110So runs the world away344John Wilkes Booth's diary
