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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
I found this interesting, but it really suffers in comparison to Larson's work (I read Demon of Unrest just before I started this). Considering some errors I noticed (Swanson repeatedly writes about Stanton saying "now he belongs to the angels" re: Lincoln, but from what I've read elsewhere the actual phrase was "now he belongs to the ages" [emphasis mine]. Swanson is also apparently unaware that Brutus did kill himself in both history and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which Booth would've at least known from the latter.) I'm skeptical of the accuracy of Swanson's research.
I'm also irritated by Swanson writing as if he knows what people were feeling (when he seems to be speculating rather than going off research) and his unfortunate tendency to use Jesus related comparisons w/r/t Booth ("in captivity, the assassin's disciple denied him thrice", repeatedly referring to the man who turned Booth in as Judas, "[Booth] was thirsty. As strangers at Golgotha did for Christ on Good Friday's cross Lucinda answered his plea").
I'm also irritated by Swanson writing as if he knows what people were feeling (when he seems to be speculating rather than going off research) and his unfortunate tendency to use Jesus related comparisons w/r/t Booth ("in captivity, the assassin's disciple denied him thrice", repeatedly referring to the man who turned Booth in as Judas, "[Booth] was thirsty. As strangers at Golgotha did for Christ on Good Friday's cross Lucinda answered his plea").