Based on James Swanson's bestselling adult book MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER, this young people's version is an accessible look at the assassination of a president, and shows readers Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend, and how his death impacted those closest to him. So begins this fast-paced thriller that tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Kennedy', which was a finalist for the YALSA-ALA Excellence in. Swanson creates an adaptation for young people of his adult book Bloody Crimes, a suspense-filled.

His other books include Chasing Lincoln's Killer, an adaptation of Manhunt for young adults, and his follow-up, 'The President Has Been Shot: The Assassination of John F. Swanson is the Edgar Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincolns Killer. New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt James L.

What happened in Washington, D.C., that spring, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up.' Swanson is the award-winning author of the bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Their words are authentic and come from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books and other documents. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.

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