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Source: "Book Guys" #0615- 4-13-06

Roundup

4-14-06

The Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth [55min]

The Book Guys -- book appraiser Allan Stypeck and Washington DC radio host Mike Cuthbert -- welcome James Swanson, author of Manhunt, who discusses the 12-day search for John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865.

Read entire article at "Book Guys" #0615- 4-13-06