Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Name: Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.64 (14 reviews)
Author: James L. Swanson
ISBN: 9780545164528

Author: James L. Swanson

Narrator: Will Patton

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 02/01/2009

Categories: Young Adult Nonfiction, Games & Activities, Children's Nonfiction, History, Us History

Synopsis

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.

About James L. Swanson

James L. Swanson is the Edgar Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer and an executive producer of the Apple TV+ Manhunt series. As a Historic Deerfield Fellow in Early American History, he lived in a pre–Revolutionary War house near the massacre site in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mariah Roze on August 09, 2016

I love reading James L. Swanson, even though I have only read (now) two books by him, I have learned so much. His book are easy to read, detailed, but still short. I love listening to them on book on CD and encourage everyone to :)......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 03, 2009

One of my students (a delightful young man with autism) recommended this book to me. He purchased his copy at the school book fair in January, and although he really doesn't read well, he had watched a program on the History Channel based on the adult edition of the book (Manhunt) and was able to pi......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on June 08, 2019

As someone interested in Presidential assassinations I got this book for the subject matter rather then for its reading level. Thinking back to some of the history books I read during my own youth I was expecting that this book would bring the story down to basics. Not only was that assertion wrong......more

Goodreads review by Cammie on January 04, 2020

Chasing Lincoln's Killer didn't provide much new information; however, there is much more of a focus on John Wilkes Booth compared to other texts about Lincoln's assassination. At times, this read like a thriller as the fugitives tried to "outrun" the authorities and outsmart their helpers.......more

Goodreads review by Cade on May 02, 2018

Its a boring and slow paced book.......more