Swanson has degrees in history from The University of Chicago and law from the University of California, Los Angeles. This program is included in program ID 19. Swanson is the Edgar Awardwinning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. Swanson responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. In the book, the author told the story of the pursuit of assassin John Wilkes Booth by Union cavalry and detectives on a twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia from April 14 to April 26, 1865, when he was killed. Swanson (born February 12, 1959) is an American author and historian famous for his New York Times best-seller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, focusing on the biography of John Wilkes Boothe and his plot to kill Lincoln and other cabinet members. Swanson, a member of the advisory committee for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, talked about his forthcoming book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, published by William Morrow.
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