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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
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Read this book for a fascinating glimpse into the mid-19th century, not for the writing. The author uses first-hand accounts, trial testimony etc. to re-construct some events leading up to Lincoln's assassination and then, mostly, the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators. (Did you even know there were co-conspirators?) It includes many long quotations from correspondence, diary entries, witness statements etc., all of which I greatly enjoyed reading. The author's own writing left much to be desired. All in all, a quick read and I recommend it.
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Mar 03, 2008 06:54AM
i am putting that on my to read list. it sounds like the primary sources were really interesting. thanks for the tip.
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