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Chasing Lincoln's Killer Sparknotes

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Samantha Spencer

Ms.Dean

ELA

March 24, 2023

Title: Chasing Lincoln's killer. Author: James L. Swanson

Three pages over chasing Lincoln’s killer.

The book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, was published in February 2009. This book is about Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. The person guilty of assassinating Lincoln was John Wilks Booth. John Wilkes Booth was part of a family of celebrated actresses, but he was not known for that. He was known as the person that killed President Lincoln. What some did not know was that John was a racist and did not like that the war was over and the slaves were going to be free.

He tried many different plans to try and kill Lincoln. His first plan that ended up not working was to kidnap the president …show more content…

John rented a horse on April 15, 1865, and he would then ride this horse into an alleyway behind Ford’s Theater. An innocent bystander was nearby, and John asked if they would hold his horse, the bystander, not knowing that John was about to enter Ford’s Theater where he would shock the United States by killing the president. John entered the theater heading straight for the president’s box with one mission in mind. Assassinating the president, and sadly, he did just that. After shooting the president in the back of the head, and killing him, he then jumped off the president’s box, scurried across the stage, and threatened attendees of the show with a knife. This is where his escape route would now take …show more content…

His next stop would include a short stop at pine thicket, on to Jones farm, which was near dent’s meadow, next to Hughes farm, then to Stuart’s home after crossing the river, onto Lucas Cabins, Port Conway, and Port Royal before his last stop at Garrett’s farm. He was captured hiding in a barn on Garrett’s farm in Virginia. In those twelve days John had disappeared, he crossed not just 1 but 3 states. Staring in Washington, going through Marland, and ending up in Virginia. John was killed on April 26, 1865, by a soldier. He got the easy way out if you ask

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