@article{310159, author = {Swanson, James L.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/310159}, title = {Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer /}, publisher = {William Morrow,}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {310159}, pages = {448 p. :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2006}, }