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Manhunt The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

The acclaimed and thrilling account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the twelve-day chase for John Wilkes Booth, winner of the Edgar Award and adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ Series The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history--the pursuit and capture of...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was highlighted as a gripping account of the twelveday pursuit of Lincoln's assassin, written like a television crime drama script.

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And the next book is back to your history buffs. And it's called Manhunt, a 12day chase for Lincoln's killer. And if you pick it up, you start reading it and you realize it feels like I'm reading almo...

— Episode: Should Trump Be Barred From the Ballot?

Episode: Should Trump Be Barred From the Ballot?

It was highlighted as a gripping account of the twelveday pursuit of Lincoln's assassin, written like a television crime drama script.

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And the next book is back to your history buffs. And it's called Manhunt, a 12day chase for Lincoln's killer. And if you pick it up, you start reading it and you realize it feels like I'm reading almost like a script for a television crime drama ... it's really good. It's very gripping read.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The program noted that the series draws from James L. Swanson's 2007 Edgarawardwinning nonfiction book about the twelveday hunt for Lincoln's killer.

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She was a writer and season three of TV's Fargo the season where you and McGregor played a dual role so she's got some instant cred and she's working from a well received source material James L. Swan...

— Episode: Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'

Episode: Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'

The program noted that the series draws from James L. Swanson's 2007 Edgarawardwinning nonfiction book about the twelveday hunt for Lincoln's killer.

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She was a writer and season three of TV's Fargo the season where you and McGregor played a dual role so she's got some instant cred and she's working from a well received source material James L. Swanson's Edgar award winning 2007 book Man Hunt the 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer.

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