Name James Swanson | ||
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Awards Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Books Chasing Lincoln's Killer, Manhunt: The 12‑Day C, "The President Has Been, End of Days: The Assassin, Bloody Times: The Funeral o | ||
James l swanson 2011 national book festival
James L. Swanson is an American author and historian famous for his New York Times best-seller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, for which he earned an Edgar Award.
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- James l swanson 2011 national book festival
- James l swanson 2009 national book festival
- Education
- Career
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James l swanson 2009 national book festival
Education
Swanson graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in history and from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law with a law degree. He has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C., including at the United States Department of Justice. He serves on the advisory council of the only Ford’s Theatre Society.
Career
Swanson is an Abraham Lincoln scholar and is a member of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His main area of research is on the Lincoln assassination. He has also served in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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