To call James Swanson a “celebrity historian” is by no means joshing him. The former Reagan administration official-turned-author was hailed almost universally by critics for “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer.”
The gripping saga of the pursuit and capture of Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth is sculpted by Swanson with obscure trial transcripts and rare archival materials. By the time Booth is finally captured, the entire nation is transfixed as it mourns the beloved president who ended the Civil War.
“Manhunt,” predicted historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, “will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”
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