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Chasing Lincoln's killer

Title
  1. Chasing Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
Published by
  1. New York : Scholastic Press, [2009]
  2. ©2009
Supplementary content
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
Author
  1. Swanson, James L., 1959-

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Description
  1. 194 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Assassins
  2. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
  3. Biographies
  4. Assassins > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  5. Biography
  6. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
  7. Washington (D.C.) Region
  8. Fugitives from justice > Washington Region > Biography > Juvenile literature
  9. Fugitives from justice > Biography
  10. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities
  11. United States
  12. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 > Juvenile literature
  13. Juvenile works
  14. Assassins > Biography
  15. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination > Juvenile literature
  16. Assassination
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. Biography.
  3. Juvenile works.
Call number
  1. JFD 10-831
Audience (note)
  1. Ages 11-14.
  2. 980
Author
  1. Swanson, James L., 1959- author.
Title
  1. Chasing Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.
Publisher
  1. New York : Scholastic Press, [2009]
Copyright date
  1. ©2009
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Audience
  1. Ages 11-14.
  2. 980 Lexile.
Study program
  1. Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 7.5 6.0 AR Quiz No. 128375.
Connect to:
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
LCCN
  1. 2008017994
ISBN
  1. 9780439903547 (hardback)
  2. 0439903548 (hardback)
Research call number
  1. JFD 10-831
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