James L. Swanson

The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)

Manhunt

Recounts the escape of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin, and follows the intensive twelve-day search for him and his accomplices.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

In Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson—the Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt—brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln assassination and the momentous 20 -day funeral that took Abraham Lincoln’s body home to Springfield. A true tale full of fascinating twists and turns, and lavishly illustrated with dozens of rare historical images—some never before seen—Bloody Crimes is a fascinating companion to Swanson’s Manhunt and a riveting true-crime thriller that will electrify civil war buffs, general readers, and everyone in between.

The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

Bloody Crimes

Second Best Thing

Based on the author's adult title, Bloody Crimes, a teen adaption brings to light the end of the Civil War, which includes President Lincoln's assassination and funeral, and the manhunt for Confederate President Jefferson Davis. 40,000 first printing.

The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis

Bloody Times

A breathtaking and dramatic account of the JFK assassination by the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER! In his new young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic YA book, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER, Swanson will deploy his signature "you are there" style -- a riveting, ticking-clock pace, with an unprecedented eye for dramatic details and impeccable historical accuracy -- to tell the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before. The book will be illustrated with archival photos, and will have diagrams, source notes, bibliography, places to visit, and index YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist

"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

In End of Days, James L. Swanson, the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination—from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking aftermath that continues to reverberate in our national consciousness fifty years later. The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, has been the subject of enduring debate, speculation, and numerous conspiracy theories, but Swanson's absorbing and complete account follows the event hour-by-hour, from the moment Lee Harvey Oswald conceived of the crime three days before its execution, to his own murder two days later at a Dallas Police precinct at the hands of Jack Ruby, a two-bit nightclub owner. Based on sweeping research never before collected so powerfully in a single volume, and illustrated with photographs, End of Days distills Kennedy's assassination into a pulse-pounding thriller that is sure to become the definitive popular account of this historic crime for years to come.

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

End of Days

Daniel Weinberg

This definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of John Wilkes Booth's coconspirators. Few remember them today, but once the names Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, and Dr. Samuel Mudd were the most reviled and notorious in America. In Lincoln's Assassins, James L. Swanson and Daniel R. Weinberg present an unprecedented visual record of almost three hundred contemporary photographs, letters, documents, prints, woodcuts, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and artifacts, many hitherto unpublished. These rare materials evoke the popular culture of the time, record the origins of the Lincoln myth, take the reader into the courtroom and the cells of the accused, document the beginning of American photojournalism, and memorialize the fates of the eight conspirators.

Their Trial and Execution

Lincoln's Assassins

Karen Essex

Bettie Page

The Life of a Pin-Up Legend

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorFrom April 14th to the 26th, 1865, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices transfixed a nation reeling from the horrors of the newly ended civil war. Manhunt takes readers on the intensive search that moves side-by-side with the desperate assassin from the streets of Washington, D. C., through the swamps of Maryland and into the forests of Virginia.

The 12-day Chase for Abraham Lincoln's Killer

As the Yankees approached Richmond on April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis fled the capital, setting off an intense and thrilling chase in which Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the crime. Preparing for the largest and most magnificent funeral pageant in American history, soldiers placed Lincoln’s corpse aboard a special train to Springfield, Illinois. Along the way, several million mourners watched the funeral train roll by. The saga that began with Manhunt continues as James Swanson masterfully weaves together the stories of the two fallen leaders as they make their final journeys through the bloody landscape of a wounded nation.

Basado en documentos de archivo, las transcripciones del juicio y las reliquias de la sangre de Lincoln, La caza del asesino es un trabajo sólidamente documentado, un relato fascinante de crimen, intriga y traición. Una apasionante narración contada minuto a minuto a través de los ojos de la presa y de los cazadores. Esto es historia como nunca la habías leído antes. Desde el 14 hasta el 26 de abril de 1865, el asesino de Lincoln logró despistar a la Caballería de la Unión y a los detectives a través de las calles de Washington D.C., de un lado a otro de las marismas de Maryland y en el interior de los bosques de Virginia, mientras toda la nación, todavía tambaleante por la recién acabada Guerra Civil, era testigo de ello con horror y tristeza. La lectura de La caza del asesino satisfará tanto a los amantes de la historia como a todo aquél que se deje llevar por una buena novela de misterio. El autor se limita a narrar los hechos cronológicamente consiguiendo así un ritmo trepidante y absorbente. De manera hábil y con gran estilo, Swanson, miembro de la Comisión del Bicentenario de Lincoln, ha elaborado un puro placer narrativo. El autor lleva estudiando a Lincoln desde los inicios de su profesión académica. En el centro de esta historia hallamos a John Wilkes Booth, el más tristemente conocido criminal de América. Simpatizante de la Confederación y miembro de una célebre familia de actores, Booth lanzó por la borda su fama y su patrimonio por la oportunidad de vengar la derrota del Sur. Durante casi dos semanas confundió a sus perseguidores, huyendo de sus pasos y negándoles la justicia que buscaban.

La persecución del hombre que mató a Abraham Lincoln

La caza del asesino

An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, by NY Times bestselling author, James L. Swanson.

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

Acclaimed as the definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Lincoln's Assassins, by James L. Swanson and Daniel R. Weinberg, follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of Booth's co-conspirators. For twelve days after the president was shot, the nation waited breathlessly as manhunters tracked down John Wilkes Booth—the story that was brilliantly told in Swanson's New York Times bestseller, Manhunt. Then, during the spring and summer of 1865, a military commission tried eight people as conspirators in Booth's plot to murder Lincoln and other high officials, including the secretary of state and vice president. Few remember them today, but once the names Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, and Dr. Samuel Mudd were the most reviled and notorious in America. In Lincoln's Assassins, Swanson and Weinberg resurrect these events by presenting an unprecedented visual record of almost 300 contemporary photographs, letters, documents, prints, woodcuts, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and artifacts, many hitherto unpublished. These rare materials, which took the authors decades to collect, evoke the popular culture of the time, record the origins of the Lincoln myth, take the reader into the courtroom and the cells of the accused, document the beginning of American photojournalism, and memorialize the fates of the eight conspirators. Lincoln's Assassins is a unique work that will appeal to anyone interested in American history, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, law, crime, assassination, nineteenth-century photographic portraiture, and the history of American photojournalism.

James L. Swanson

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