Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth
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Teen - 7th-12th Grade, Age 12-17
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7.5
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208 p. ;
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Riveting! The drama surrounding Lincoln's assassination and the pursuit of Booth and his accomplices reads like a taut novel filled with an unbelievably colorful cast of characters. Historical retelling at its best!
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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.