Showing Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Manhunt Presents an hour-by-hour account of the 12 days in 1865 between President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the capture and death of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. This book tells the dramatic story through the eyes of the hunters and the hunted, making clear why Booth refused to be taken alive when at last he was cornered by the US cavalry. Full description