![]() ![]() He then decided to dive into “Manhunt,” a book specifically about the search for assassin John Wilkes Booth. ![]() In 2001, Swanson penned his first book, “Lincoln’s Assassins: Their Trial and Execution,” with Daniel R. Over time, Swanson accumulated a collection of Lincoln memorabilia that includes a lock of the former president’s hair and a swath of the dress worn by actress Laura Keene to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination. ![]() Because Swanson lived in Illinois, Lincoln history was abundant. This made him curious about how it ended - so curious that he began reading many books about the former president and visiting historical sites related to him. Swanson, who spoke in the Senate on Friday as part of National Library Week, noted that because he had only the front page, he was never able to read the article on Lincoln’s assassination after the jump. “I guess you could say I’ve been researching it my whole life,” he said of his book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer.” James Swanson’s love of Abraham Lincoln began at an early age, when he received a framed copy of a newspaper front page from April 1865. ![]()
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