Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Assassin is a captivating novel depicting the horrific assassination of Abraham Lincoln. James L. Swanson wrote this compelling story and is a Lincoln lawyer and scholar, as well as the award-winning author of such works as Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution and Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse . Manhunt is a bestseller that gives the reader insight into what motivated Booth to kill the president and the hunt for his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. At first glance, Booth may have seemed like a magnificently charismatic man. He was extraordinarily talented and was born into a family of famous actors. He had lush, black hair that fell across his forehead and deep, dark eyes that shone with emotion. Yet, behind her angelic ebony eyes lurked more nefarious thoughts. Booth was a radical supporter of the Confederacy. He despised the Union, and the idea of ​​Robert E. Lee handing over his troops to "tyrant" Abraham Lincoln both depressed and fascinated him. H...