Publication

2006-02-07 - HarperCollins

Language

English

Word Count

183,250 words, Guess

Page Count

733 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7283124M
  • ISBN-139780060853471
  • ISBN-100060853476
  • Goodreads146276
  • LibraryThing91939

Description

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.

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  • Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's KillHarperCollins2006-02-07
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