false 146274 11 The Greatest Manhunt in American History For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in <i>Manhunt</i>, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Booth lands in the northern neck of Virginia, and Confederate agents and sympathizers guide him to Port Conway, Virginia. 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. 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. 141162 2006 Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer total:2386|5:782|4:1114|3:394|2:80|1:16| 2386 9724 3445 627 5 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 19:25:57 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 18:16:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 23 04:05:37 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 20 10:21:53 -0700 2009
Seriously though, this account of JW Booth’s cap...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 18 10:00:05 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:01:23 -0800 2009 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 09:34:43 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 09:56:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 09:08:31 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 09:26:26 -0700 2009
However, I liked this book. Swanson obviously is fascinated by this topic, and it comes through in his narrative. Although he cannot know for certain the t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:42:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:04:23 -0700 2009 1
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Basically, Manhunt is an exhaustive look at the twelve days from Lincoln's assassination to the capture (and killing) of Jo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 10:33:38 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 18:26:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 24 10:17:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 10:17:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 21:29:38 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:24:21 -0700 2009
I agree with other reviewers that you need to possess an appetite for minutiae as the author leaves v...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 16:16:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:00:04 -0800 2009 I'll cont...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 13:10:04 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:09:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:45:40 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:45:40 -0800 2009 James L. Swanson's Web site includes a glowing review quotation from Patricia Cornwell. The correlation is apt since critics find this nonfiction account of Booth's getaway as compelling as the best thrillers. Swanson, a legal scholar with the Cato Institute and a Lincoln historian, knows the assass...

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This book relates the story of the search for John Wilkes Booth. We learn of Booth’s own arrogance, self centeredness, and unrealistic view of what he did. He thought he wou...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Aug 18 14:28:09 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 14:31:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 05 15:59:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:07:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 19:03:50 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 19:09:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=146274