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Consequently, CHASING LINCOLN’S KILLER, Swanson’s first book for young readers, has the mark of a story being told by someone who is truly geeked out by his subject. He practically stumbles over himself (to the assured delight of readers) to share each gritty detail about the days following the President’s murder. He describes the actual deed in all its gruesome splendor --- Booth’s insatiable thirst for blood, the bullet

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