James L Swanson: 8 books
by James L. Swanson
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
**NAACP Image Award Nominee
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year
* "[James L. Swanson's] masterful work... reveals, in gripping style, how one individual can impact history." --Booklist, starred review**
In his meteoric,...
Bloody Times
The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
New York Times bestselling author James L. Swanson brings to life the fast-paced, suspense-filled story of Abraham Lincoln's and Jefferson Davis's final journeys through our wounded nation following the Civil War.
This suspense-filled true-crime thriller—the young readers’ adaptation...
Bloody Crimes
The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
In Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson—the Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt*—brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era:* the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln assassination and the momentous 20...
End of Days
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
In End of Days, James L. Swanson, the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination—from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking aftermath that...
by James L. Swanson
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A breathtaking and dramatic account of the JFK assassination by the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER! In his new young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American...
Manhunt
The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Killer
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests...
by James L. Swanson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller...
Writing History with Lightning
Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge...