Chasing Lincoln's Killer
By James L. Swanson
- Release Date: 2012-09-01
- Genre: History for Young Adults
Description
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
Reviews
Amazing book!
5By brandonperkinssThis book is very interesting and you learn a lot. There are so many characters you get better at using context clues and piecing things together to remember who everyone is. Since many characters aren’t mentioned for many pages and then mentioned again. I highly recommend this book and you learn a lot of valuable information and it tells the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It in-depth describes the experience of murdering him and the entire story. It goes in-depth of some things that you can see when visiting the memorial and what it is like today! Highly recommend it! Great book!Chasing Lincoln’s killer
5By RobertballerIt is a good book and I love that it is good for little kids in 5th and 6th grade I read this to my son and he loved it .Love it!!!
5By queencoralRead it for school and it was so good!!Great book!
4By GvdfkhdghffvchhWe read this in class and it was great! Good description, and i could fit right into the assassins shoes. But 2 things, 1) this is for classroom use. This version has been simplified for school use. Swanson has other books on the topic and I recommend them. I just don't like that it randomly switches perspectives. I sometimes got lost due to this. "Wait. Why is booth in Stewards house?" But thats my only complaint.Chasing Lincoln's Killer
5By FDR41465Truly Amazing book. One of the most in depth, realistic, books about Lincoln and Booth.had to do this for school
1By Superman's Secretarynow i can do my HOMEWORKLoved this
5By Mrsmac09This book was so well written and informative. I had no idea I bought the scholastic version of this but I still loved it! So much I did not know. being that this is a true story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, it was written in a way that I could not put the book down and was shocked by how little I knew about that event and the days following.Chasing Lincoln's killer
4By C.S. reviewsThis book has vivid description and it can be a little bit boring in the beginning but if you keep reading you will discover that this book is very interesting and gives great pictures to help understand the concept of the situationIts Stupid
1By purplepanacheIts The worst book everAmazing
5By Rock MakeoverThis book is amazing and thrilling! It is in so much detail and has a lot of description, which I like. It is violent but is great for kids. This is the best book I have read!!