The hunt for John Wilkes Booth /

The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth.

The hunt for John Wilkes Booth / Videorecording Tom Jennings Productions for the History Channel ; directed by Tom Jennings. - (New York) : A & E Television Networks, c2007. - 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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An audacious plan --
The point of no return --
A triple assassination --
Dr. Samuel Mudd --
Paranoia and rage --
A massive manhunt --
Crossing the Potomac --
The dragnet tightens --
Booth's final act --
An ignoble end.


From the fateful balcony in Ford's Theatre to Dr. Samuel Mudd's remote home to the fiery showdown in a Virginia farmhouse, experience firsthand the suspenseful, breakneck search for America's first presidential assassin. Discover the awesome reach of his conspiracy, which had further targeted Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward in a bid to undermine the U.S. Government and give the Confederacy a second chance. No man has ever been hunted with greater fervor, with 10,000 federal troops, detectives and police hunting those responsible for assassinating President Lincoln.

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Booth, John Wilkes,--1838-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham,--Assassination. --1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, --1809-1865.

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