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Review: "Bloody Crimes - The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse"
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Oct 5, 2010, 11:21:34 AM10/5/10
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(Wall Street Journal) - Halfway through his 2006 best seller,
"Manhunt" (Amazon: http://goo.gl/XgAf ) — which chronicles the
pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following the murder of Abraham
Lincoln — James Swanson mentions "another sensational manhunt" that
was just then getting under way. But he says almost nothing else
about the flight of Jefferson Davis. It began in Richmond, Va., on
April 2, 1865, and ended 38 days later with the Confederate
president's capture in rural Georgia.
"Manhunt" (Amazon: http://goo.gl/XgAf ) — which chronicles the
pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following the murder of Abraham
Lincoln — James Swanson mentions "another sensational manhunt" that
was just then getting under way. But he says almost nothing else
about the flight of Jefferson Davis. It began in Richmond, Va., on
April 2, 1865, and ended 38 days later with the Confederate
president's capture in rural Georgia.
Now Mr. Swanson fills out the story in "Bloody Crimes" (Amazon:
http://goo.gl/uKiy ), a skillful narrative that recounts both
Davis's escapade and the journey of Lincoln's corpse from
Washington, D.C., to its final resting place in Springfield, Ill.
If this semi-sequel isn't quite as gripping as its predecessor —
"Manhunt" is one of the most riveting Civil War books of our time —
the fault doesn't lie entirely with Mr. Swanson. The Davis manhunt
simply isn't as compelling as the stuff of chasing a presidential
killer. Yet "Bloody Crimes" enriches our understanding of Lincoln's
assassination and its aftermath...
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