Watch James L. Swanson - 2009 National Book Festival Online
version, "Chasing Lincoln’s Killer," is based. Swanson has written for The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. He serves on the advisory board of the Ford's Theatre Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Campaign and also on the advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. "Manhunt" is currently being made into a film. Swanson lives in Washington, DC ... library congress national book festival reading literature history lincoln ...