All alumni, parents and friends of Kenyon are invited to attend the next virtual book club, organized by the Pittsburgh Regional Association. At this meeting of the book club the group will discuss "Manhunt: The 12-Day Hunt for Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson, which inspired the 2024 streaming series “Manhunt,” about Kenyon's Edwin Stanton, Class of 1834.
Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts and Lincoln's own blood relics, Manhunt is a fully documented work and a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before. The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history — the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
Questions? Please contact Susan Apel ’83 P’16 at ssapel17@gmail.com.