[ad_1] Abraham Lincoln — perhaps you’ve heard of him? Sixteenth president of the United States, assassinated five days after the end of the Civil War at Ford’s Theatre. John Wilkes Booth. Sic semper tyrannis. Well, I don’t know what they’re teaching in school these days, but I hope none of that is news to anyone.… Continue reading ‘Manhunt’ review: A loose retelling of the chase for Lincoln’s killer
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How the ‘Manhunt’ cast prepared to depict Lincoln’s assassination
[ad_1] John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Most Americans know that much history. But the true story goes deeper than one man firing one bullet. When Monica Beletsky learned the assassination was part of a conspiracy, and that similar attempts were planned for Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward that night,… Continue reading How the ‘Manhunt’ cast prepared to depict Lincoln’s assassination