Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth

New York Times bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.

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.

Author: James L. Swanson
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.74w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780439903547


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