Author, James L. Swanson, wholeheartedly admits his obsession with the topic and his lifelong pursuit of all things related to this important event. This passion, combined with historical records, newspaper articles from 1865 and thousand of recorded first-hand accounts of each facet of this 12-day portion of American history, makes Manhunt the most comprehensive and intimate work to date on the Lincoln assassination and its surrounding events.
Swanson paints an emotional and very tangible description of all the players in this drama and gives you a real sense of being there, whether it is along side the doctor resuscitating an already- dead Lincoln, knowing that he was only delaying the inevitable, or tensely hiding in a dense woods with a wounded, but jubilant assassin.
A great book for fans of Erik Larson (Isaac's Storm, Devil in the White City), Lincoln and Civil War aficionados or anyone who loves history.
