Manhunt: The Twelve-day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) - Softcover

Swanson, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060518502 ISBN 13: 9780060518509

Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2007

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Book by Swanson James L

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Críticas:

"An action-adventure . . . infuse[d] with high drama. . . . A multifaceted chronicle."--New York Times

"Vividly readable example of the you-are-there genre . . . managed with 'CSI' immediacy."--Washington Post

"Told expertly . . . Swanson's moment by moment account of the 12-day chase is compulsively readable."--Wall Street Journal

"Brilliant! Absolutely haunting. . . . This historical book is almost impossible to put down."--Patricia Cornwell

"A gripping page-turner . . . Riviting . . . Booth comes across as viscerally real."--Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

"Extraordinary . . . Brilliant . . . As gripping as any tightly scripted crime drama"--Boston Globe

"James Swanson has written a terrific narrative . . . a triumphant book."--Doris Kearns Goodwin

Reseña del editor:

A fascinating and vivid account of the escape of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin, takes readers along on the intensive search from the streets of Washington, D.C., through the swamps of Maryland, into the forests of Virginia, and into the lives of the men who pursued him. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060518502
• ISBN 13: 9780060518509
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 498