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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer

by Hans|Published April 26, 2010

John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed this day, April 26, 1865, ending the most comprehensive manhunt in U.S. history. James Swanson tells the story of Booth’s preparation and planning, the assassination of Lincoln, Booth’s escape from Ford theater, and his nearly two weeks on the run. Swanson dispels the myths surrounding the manhunt. In the traditional story, Dr. Samuel Mudd innocently treated Booth’s injured leg and was unjustly persecuted in the witch hunt surrounding the search for the conspirators. Swanson argues persuasively that Mudd was part of Booth’s preexisting conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln. Swanson’s narrative is comprehensive, well-written, and engaging. Manhhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer will be of interest to students of history or anyone wanting to learn more about this pivitol moment of American history.

AUTHOR

Hans

Hans G. Schantz is the Principal Scientist of Geeks and Nerds Corporation (GaN). He was co-founder and CTO of Q-Track Corporation until GaN's acquisition of Q-Track in 2019. Co-inventor of NFER indoor location technology, he has more than 40 U.S. patents to his credit. He is the author of The Art and Science of Ultrawideband Antennas, The Biographies of John Charles Fremont, and the science fiction thriller, The Hidden Truth, available free through Kindle Unlimited. The sequel, A Rambling Wreck, was a finalist for the Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance 2018 Book of the Year, and third in the series is The Brave and the Bold. His latest work is The Wise of Heart, an illustrated courtroom drama of biological science versus transgenderism that updates the Scopes Monkey Trial for the twenty-first century. Dr. Schantz earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Texas at Austin, and explains his unique solution to wave particle duality at the Fields & Energy Substack.

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