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Manhunt :

0060518499

0060518502

9780060518493

9780060518509

b721843

Manhunt :

[Book]

the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer /

James L. Swanson.

1st ed.

New York :

William Morrow,

©2006.

448 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-438) and index.

"I had this strange dream again last night" -- "I have done it" -- "His sacred blood" -- "We have assassinated the President" -- "Find the murderers" -- "That vile rabble of human bloodhounds" -- "Hunted like a dog" -- "I have some little pride" -- "Useless, useless" -- "So runs the world away."

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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.

Booth, John Wilkes,1838-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Assassination.

Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Assassination.

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Fugitives from justice-- United States, Case studies.

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Swanson, James L.,1959-

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