![]() ![]() Swanson does a nice job of explaining the involvement of both, leaving little room for doubt that these two were involved to a significant degree, before and after the fact. Mudd's innocence, while the hanging of Mary Surratt has long been controversial as well. There have always been some who make the claim for Dr. Samuel Mudd and Mary Surratt in particular) tried and sentenced for their involvement in the conspiracy. Obviously, John Wilkes Booth dominates the narrative, but I was most interested in what the author had to say about the other individuals (Dr. Even though it's basically a condensed version of author James Swanson's Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, this book (targeted primarily at a teenaged reader market) is still chock full of little-known facts and tidbits about this most seminal of events in American history. ![]() Reading this book made me realize that I didn't know as much about Abraham Lincoln's assassination as I thought I did. Swanson, Chasing Lincoln's Killer James L. ![]()
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