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Manhunt

The 12-Day Chase for Abraham Lincoln's Killer

by James L. Swanson

NonfictionAssassinationInvestigationFugitives from justiceCase studiesCriminal investigationHistoryLincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination

*Manhunt* presents an hour-by-hour account of the twelve days in 1865 between President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the capture and death of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. It tells the story through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters - and makes clear why Booth refused to be taken alive. Originally published in 2006.

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Book data: Open Library