Bloody Crimes : The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse

from marshapetry

Enjoyed. Not exactly Bloody, and not exactly about crime(s) but more about Lincoln and Davis and the philosophies & meaning of the war from both sides. I enjoyed learning the details of Davis' capture and the Lincoln death train - events that I've never heard much about before. Good narrator

from JBD1

Strangely enough, in looking back at my 2007 review of Swanson's earlier book, Manhunt, I find that I could almost just repeat that about this book and call it a day. The two books are quite similar in tone and style, with this one focusing on the twinned narratives of the escape and eventual cap...

from suballa

Beginning with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bloody Crimes tells the parallel stories of Lincoln's final journey home and Davis's flight and ultimate capture. Swanson details the events immediately following the shooting of Lincoln, including the chaos at the Peterson house where Lincoln'...

from spounds

Bloody Crimes is a recap of the last few weeks of the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. In both the North and the South, their wartime leaders began journeys. Lincoln, in death, moving from Washington to Springfield and Davis, in flight, escaping Richmond. I chose this book on a recommendati...

from sgtbigg

The title pretty much tells you what it's about. Swanson does an outstanding job of juxtaposing the two events. The only issue I had was the descriptions of the memorial events at each stop made my Lincoln's train. A few more descriptions of flowers and hearses then I really needed. I received ...