When Lincoln was assassinated, it was assumed that Confederate
president Jefferson Davis was the mastermind. Swanson recounts
the hunt for Davis even as Lincoln's body was borne to its
resting place. Manhunt, Swanson's account of the assassination
itself, was a huge best seller-and it's slated for an eight-part
HBO miniseries. This will be big, too. With a one-day laydown on
April 4 and a 250,000-copy first printing; seven-city tour.
Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the
nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy
that led to the crime. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White
House funeral transfixed the nation. His final journey began
when soldiers placed his corpse aboard a special train that
would carry him home on the 1,600-mile trip to Springfield.
Along the way, more than a million Americans looked upon their
martyr's face, and several million watched the funeral train
roll by. It was the largest and most magnificent funeral pageant
in American history.  To the U