How long does it take to read Chasing Lincoln's Killer?
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson takes about 3 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 197 pages, about 54,175 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia. "This story is true. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Their words are authentic and come from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books and other documents. What happened in Washington, D.C., that spring, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up." So begins this fast-paced thriller that tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Based on James Swanson's bestselling adult book MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER, this young people's version is an accessible look at the assassination of a president, and shows readers Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend, and how his death impacted those closest to him.
Subjects: Assassins, Assassination, Fugitives from justice, Biography, JUVENILE NONFICTION, Biography & Autobiography
