Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth

New York Times bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's...
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Author: James L. Swanson
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Language: English
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth by Swanson, James L.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth

$39.86

Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth

$39.86
Author: James L. Swanson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.

Author: James L. Swanson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.74w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780439903547
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 128375 / Chasing Lincoln's Killer


Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Runner-Up
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 41
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2008 pg. 466 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 01/01/2009 pg. 129
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2009 pg. 49
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2009
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2009 pg. 129
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2009
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2010 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
James L. Swanson is the award-winning author of the bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. His other books include Chasing Lincoln's Killer, an adaptation of Manhunt for young adults, and his follow-up, The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, which was a finalist for the YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction award. He has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C.

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