The Man in the Barn: Digging Up Lincoln’s Killer
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. Afterwards Booth jumped to the stage and shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis,” and miraculously managed to flee the capital on horseback with a broken leg. Twelve days later, Union forces surrounded the assassin and shot him dead at Richard Garrett’s barn in Virginia. The Man in the Barn: Digging Up Lincoln’s Killer is a provocative modern thriller by Nate Chura that explores the mystery behind John Wilkes Booth’s death.
