They told him to be sure to leave in all of the gory details, which he did. He asked young readers to read his book for adults and comment on which parts they thought would be most interesting to people of their age. on April 15, after an all-night vigil, Abraham Lincoln died in a back room at the Petersen House on a bed that was too small for his frame. Swanson adapted Chasing Lincoln’s Killer from his work of adult history Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. This program is included in program ID 19. Lincoln’s Deathbed At 7:22 and 10 seconds a.m. Swanson responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. In the book, the author told the story of the pursuit of assassin John Wilkes Booth by Union cavalry and detectives on a twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia from April 14 to April 26, 1865, when he was killed. Swanson, a member of the advisory committee for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, talked about his forthcoming book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, published by William Morrow.
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