Manhunt; The 12-Day Chase for Abraham Lincoln's Killer by Swanston, James L - 2006

Portrait, London, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. 800 g.; (17), 2-448 pages, list of illustrations, A Note to the Reader, John Wilkes Booth's Diary, acknowledgements, bibliography, notes and index. The text is illustrated with maps, contemporary photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated front cover with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and black and tan coloured titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and to the book panels. Some age toning of the text block edges. " From the 14th to 26 April 1865, the search the Abraham Lincoln's assassin mesmerised a nation already reeling from the horrors of the newly ended Civil War. Manhunt vividly re-creates Booth's murder of Lincoln, his dramatic escape from the Ford Theatre in Washington -- and the intensive 12-day hunt to catch him and his accomplices." From the rear panel blurb. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History -- America; ISBN: 0749951087. ISBN/EAN: 9780749951085. Inventory No: 0111380. . 9780749951085