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Title: Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
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| Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial If you want the basic facts | | There are a hosts of books that purport to prove that there was a conspiracy at the root of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. If you want the basic facts about John Wilkes Booth, the night of the assassination and the events surrounding the escape and capture of Booth, I would strongly recommend MANHUNT. It is an excellent starting point for any in depth study of the subject. | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial Manhunt - A great read | | I am only half way through the book & I alradey don't want it to end. It is a wonderful jistory lesson and reads like a terrific novel. I will certainly look at other things by this author. | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial This book will make you into a Civil War buff if you aren't already | | This book is great. Even though there are hundreds of books on the topic of Lincoln's assassination, this one stands out. It's exciting, well written and well researched. I credit this book for getting me interested in the Civil War, Lincoln and that period. As you read it, I recommend that you visit the Ford's Theater website and take the virtual tour. Put yourself in the audience, look at pictures, and read further about some of the places talked about. There are other great websites that you'll want to visit also. If you want to learn more about the assassination, read Blood on the Moon by Ed Steers as a companion to this one. Enjoy! | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial Unlike any other book about the civil war era | | I enjoy Civil War history and presidential history, but never have I read such a page turner on the topic! I really couldn't put this book down. | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial As good as it gets | | I had heard good things about this book before I read it, and I was certainly not disappointed. This is not a book that will teach you about the Civil War or Reconstruction. It has a singular focus. And it's great. More than any history book I've ever read, this was like a novel that was very difficult to put down. It's brilliantly researched and informative, and it brings an infamous killer to life. You won't sympathize with him, but you will get swept up in his escape attempt like you were watching a riveting action movie. This is the type of history book that could be enjoyed by someone with limited interest in history. | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial Product Description | The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, 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 and sadness. James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before. | | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by Harper Perennial Amazon.com | The Greatest Manhunt in American History For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit. Get a taste of the daily drama from this timeline of the desperate search. | April 14, 1865 | Around noon, Booth learns that Lincoln is coming to Ford's Theatre that night. He has eight hours to prepare his plan.
10:15 pm: Booth shoots the president, leaps to the stage, and escapes on a waiting horse.
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton orders the manhunt to begin. | | April 15 | About 4:00 am: Booth seeks treatment for a broken leg at Dr. Samuel Mudd's farm near Beantown, Maryland. Cavalry patrol heads south toward Mudd farm.
Confederate operative Thomas Jones hides Booth in a remote pine thicket for five days, frustrating the manhunters. | | April 19 | Tens of thousands watch the procession to the U.S. Capitol, where President Lincoln lies in state. Wild rumors and stories of false sightings of Booth spread. | | | | April 20 | Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the assassins, and threatens death to any citizen who helps them.
After hiding Booth in Maryland, Jones puts him in a rowboat on the Potomac River, bound for Virginia. More than a thousand manhunters are still searching in Maryland. In the dark, Booth rows the wrong way and first ends up back in Maryland. | | April 20-24 | Booth lands in the northern neck of Virginia, and Confederate agents and sympathizers guide him to Port Conway, Virginia. | | April 24 | Booth befriends three Confederate soldiers who help him cross the Rappahannock River to Port Royal and then guide him further southwest to the Garrett farm.
Union troops in Washington receive a report of a Booth sighting. They board a U.S. Navy tug and steam south, right past Booth's hideout at the Garrett farm. | | April 25 | The 16th New York Calvary, realizing their error, turns around and surrounds the Garrett farm after midnight that night. | | | | April 26 | When Booth refuses to surrender, troops set the barn on fire, and Boston Corbett shoots the assassin. Booth dies a few hours later, at sunrise. | | April 26-27 | Booth's body is brought back to Washington, where it is autopsied, photographed, and buried in a secret grave. | | | |
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