John Wilkes Booth thought he could get away with President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, but fate and the long arm of the law caught up with him. Author and Lincoln expert James Swanson discusses the wild chase for Booth through the streets, swamps and forests of the Washington, D.C., area in 1865.
Since he was 10 years old, Swanson has collected Lincoln memorabilia that has inspired his writing. He will discuss his newly released book, "Chasing Lincoln’s Killer," a young reader’s version of his recent best-seller "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer," and will help unravel the mystery of how the assassin’s escape route intersects with the site of the Newseum.
Swanson is also an attorney who has written about history, the Constitution, popular culture, and other subjects for a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, American Heritage, Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times.
The event was moderated by Ron Collins, a scholar at the First Amendment Center.
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