Turbo AI Book Summaries

John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln and vanishes into the night, hauling his accomplice David Herold through the treacherous back roads of Maryland and Virginia. With a broken leg, dwindling allies, and Edwin M. Stanton directing a vast dragnet, the assassin strains to stay hidden as the nation reels; hour by hour across twelve tense days, the pursuit closes in through conspirators’ safe houses and dead ends, until a blaze ends the chase and seals Lincoln as a martyr and Booth as one of history’s most notorious killers.

This guide charts every chapter, profiles the hunters, conspirators, and leaders, unpacks the driving themes, and curates standout quotes to deepen and energize your reading of Swanson’s narrative.