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Manhunt [electronic resource] : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.

by Swanson, James L. 1959-

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Pymble, N.S.W. ; New York, NY : PerfectBound, 2006.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.

Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.

Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Case studies.

Assassination -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.

Criminal investigation -- United States -- Case studies.

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0060748761 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)

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.

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