Chasing Lincoln's Killer

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One of my favorite non fiction books is Chasing Lincoln's Killer by: James Swanson. This is the first book I read from that author and I would encourage many people to read books by this author. I found out about this book when I was looking through a Scholastic Book Order Magazine. I loved reading about the Civil War and my favorite president to read about is Abraham Lincoln so I went up to my teacher and she said I would love this book and it turns out she was right. 

There is not really a main character in the story are John Wilkes Booth and the people that helped him kill Lincoln. This story is told in a third person narrative. What made this book amazing is that it was very detailed and it made you feel like you were actually there! This book is a true account of the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. It is also full of interesting pictures and artifacts from the time period. Anything that appears in quotes was actually said by that person which made me love this book even more. 

What keeps me reading this book is the suspense and action in this book. I couldn't put this book down. Since I love American history, I knew this book was right for me. If you like America history like I do, then it is worth reading for pleasure, but if you are one of those people who don't like history, then you probably wouldn't like this book that much. 

I liked this book, but I would not recommend this book for anyone under sixth grade, and then, only if they were really interested in history. There was an actual picture of four people hanging in the book, which can be a little eerie for some people. But overall, this is a great book to read about!

Usually I am not a big fan of non fiction books, but this book really blew me away...