Book 27: Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

I picked this up without realizing that it was written for young people. The opening pages about the Civil War were pretty bad: the Southern soldiers wore gray and were called Rebels or Confederates; the Northern soldiers wore blue and were called Union soldiers or Yankees. 

The rest was not so condescendingly worded. Language was simplified (e.g. a young reader suggested Swanson use the word henchmen instead of co-conspirator) and the manuscript abridged to 194 pages. The adult book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer is 391 pages. 

I still enjoyed the book and hope to read the adult version sometime.