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Chasing Lincoln's killer / James L. Swanson.

Summary:

"This story is true. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Their words are authentic and come from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books and other documents. What happened in Washington, D.C., that spring, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up." So begins this story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Based on James Swanson's adult book 'Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer,' this young people's version is a look at the assassination of a president, and shows readers Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend, and how his death impacted those closest to him.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439903547
  • ISBN: 0439903548
  • ISBN: 9780545204705
  • ISBN: 0545204704
  • ISBN: 9781448772322
  • ISBN: 144877232X
  • ISBN: 9780605236288
  • ISBN: 0605236283
  • ISBN: 9780545220910
  • ISBN: 0545220912
  • ISBN: 9780329877378
  • ISBN: 0329877372
  • Physical Description: 194 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2009]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 11-14.
980 Lexile.
980L Lexile
Target Age Group: 12 to 17. Ingram.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.5 6.0 128375.
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.5 6 128375.
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 7.5 6.0 AR Quiz No. 128375.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.3 11 Quiz: 45777 Guided reading level: Z.
Awards Note:
Sequoyah Intermediate Masterlist, 2012.
Subject:
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination.
Fugitives from justice > Washington Region > Biography.
Assassins > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Young adult literature.

Available copies

  • 146 of 153 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 153 total copies.
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Marion Library 973.7 SWA (Text) 37810434790688 Adult Nonfiction Available -