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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson Plot Summary
Many people may might think Booth acted alone, and in a unpremeditated …show more content… The story comes alive because Swanson was so meticoulous in his research. Swanson has taken a piece of history and presented it as an action-adventure story seen through the eyes of the hunters and the hunted - and quite a story it is too! Mary Surratt, David Herold, Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt were sentenced to death and executed on July 6, 1865, while other conspirators received prison sentences. He showed them a pine thicket nearby where they could hide and told them to only answer if they were approached by someone who gave a specific three-note whistle. Swanson uses extensive detail to create a suspenseful and dramatic depiction of the Lincoln assassination. Always the thespian, he utilizes his dramatic abilities to wield his way toward freedom in the deep South in each of his encounters. He had spent time in the Old Capitol Prison when he was suspected in the North of his pro-Confederate activities. Seward went to the Petersen house and took control of the situation, securing the space around the president and launching an investigation into the two attacks.
Booth, the consummate actor, remains true to his theatrical accomplishments throughout the drama. Grant, the commander of the Union Army, and his wife. And yet I for striking down a greater tyrant than they ever knew am looked upon as a common cutthroat…. I struck for my country and that alone. Jones was unparalleled in his knowledge of rural Maryland and had helped ferry hundreds of spies across the river during the war. Also, the book includes pictures of people, headlines, and newspapers to give the reader a factual basis.
For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying them the justice they sought. Powell, who did not know the city well, hid in a tree for two nights, unsure what his next move should be. Lincoln would be attending the evening performance. Visiting the Ford Theatre to pick up his mail, he heard the news that the president and Mrs. Herold and Booth prepared for another night in the thicket, even more vulnerable and dependent on Thomas Jones for help than before. As time elapsed, the failure to catch Booth became an embarrassment for the government. He was the second youngest child of the Booths, flamboyantly proud Confederates who despised the idea of abolishing slavery and eventually hated Abraham Lincoln for his role in the Civil War.
Private detectives and ordinary citizens are compelled for their help. Thus, the book covers events between April 14th and April 26th 1865. Booklist - Gilbert Taylor Brilliant! These manhunters spoke to William Rollins, who told them where they might find Willie Jett, who told the investigators where to find Booth. With a one-shot Deringer pistol, he shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head, sending a large bullet into his brain and mortally wounding him. George would report that two strangers had come to visit his cousin Samuel. Cox decided to help Booth and Herold.
Fleeing with him is Davey Herold, who has been a willing participant in Booth's plots to kill Secretary of State William Seward, Lincoln, and Vice President Andrew Johnson. Mudd thought that the manhunters would soon leave Bryantown and the area around his farm, and perhaps his involvement would go undiscovered after all. Maryland has remained true to the Union, but Virginia, across the wide Potomac River, was a raw arena of Confederate support. They would need to shelter in place. It gives great detail on the events that happened during his last few days alive. In the days that followed, federal officials pursued Booth, searching the rural areas and swamps where Booth was rumored to be hiding.
They found a room in a boardinghouse across the street. Jones was also uncompromising in his support of the Southern cause, despite having already sacrificed his freedom for a period of time and lost much of his savings. More than anything else, he did not want to be taken into custody. They then wasted a full day before finally making the river crossing into Virginia on the night of April 22. Jones told Booth that this was all the more sign that Booth and Herold should stay put.
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And instead of becoming the hero he dreamed of, Booth instead was cast as a villain in many eyes. The kidnapping plot had come to nothing, however, when the President changed his plans at the last minute. Powell was arrested, as was Mary Surratt. Next door at Peter Taltavul's bar, the Star Saloon, it was a night like any. They decided to force him to come out by burning down the tobacco barn. Cox could not risk having them stay in his house and he knew that if they were caught nearby he would be suspected. They then stopped at the farm of a man named Dr.
A naval blockade disrupted trade, run-away inflation reduced the value of Southern currency, agriculture had been decimated and many Southerners had fled their homes for safety deeper in the South, sometimes bringing their slaves with them. Seward had been severely injured the week before in a carriage accident and was bedridden, so he would be vulnerable to attack. When the attempt foiled, Booth made plans for the bold assassinations he believed were necessary. Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, takes charge of the manhunt for Booth and Herold with immediate dispatch. Samuel Mudd hoped to take advantage of the confusing atmosphere at the start of the manhunt.
