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Chasing Lincoln's killer

Title
Chasing Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
Author
Swanson, James L., 1959-
Publication
  • New York : Scholastic Press, [2009]
  • ©2009
Supplementary Content
  • Publisher description
  • Contributor biographical information

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TextUse in library JFD 10-831Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
194 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm
Summary
"This story is true. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Their words are authentic and come from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books and other documents. What happened in Washington, D.C., that spring, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up." So begins this story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Based on James Swanson's adult book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, this young people's version is a look at the assassination of a president, and shows readers Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend, and how his death impacted those closest to him.
Subject
  • Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 > Juvenile literature
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination > Juvenile literature
  • Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • Fugitives from justice > Washington Region > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Assassins > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Assassins
  • Fugitives from justice
  • Assassination
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities
  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.) Region
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
  • Juvenile works.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 11-14.
  • 980
Call Number
JFD 10-831
ISBN
  • 9780439903547
  • 0439903548
LCCN
2008017994
OCLC
226308128
Author
Swanson, James L., 1959- author.
Title
Chasing Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 11-14.
980 Lexile.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 7.5 6.0 AR Quiz No. 128375.
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Research Call Number
JFD 10-831
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