Writing Resources
The book Manhunt The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln s Killer by James L Swanson tells the reader about the assassination and death of Abraham Lincoln the strategy and plan behind it all the chase and the struggles and hardships everyone went through John Wilkes Booth resided and worked in the North but he was a firm supporter of the Confederacy He did not like Lincoln Booth never liked anything about President Lincoln and he really hated his policies John thought that if he and a few other people like him were able to kidnap Lincoln that the south would win the war They planned to do this several months before the assassination was planned or even occured Booth wanted to take him to the south and trade him John at this time was a famous actor and could have shot him or kidnapped him a lot sooner But he also did not want to have to get caught and face all of the punishments for killing the president of course When the south surrendered John figured if he was able to kill the president and other important people apart of the Northern government at that time that might spark the flame up again for the south to continue fighting That was whenever an idea sprung upon him and this time he followed through with it John Wilkes Booth found out that Lincoln was coming to Ford s Theater and knew that now would be the perfect time to kill the president He had a very well thought through plan and figured if he killed the vice president Andrew Johnson and secretary of state William Seward that the triple assassination would just destroy the Union government Booth knew the play
