*Manhunt* presents an hour-by-hour account of the twelve days in 1865 between President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the capture and death of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. It tells the story through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters - and makes clear why Booth refused to be taken alive. Originally published in 2006.
James L .Swanson (born 12 February 1959) is an American historian and author famous for his New York Times best-seller *Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer*, focusing on the biography of John Wilkes Booth and his plot to kill Lincoln and other cabinet members.
