James L. Swanson

2012

James L. Swanson is the Edgar Award–winning author of the New York Times best-seller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. In 2009, Patricia Cornwell named Swanson's Manhunt and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood as the two best nonfiction crime books ever published. His newest book, Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse, brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln assassination and the momentous 20-day funeral that took Abraham Lincoln’s body home to Springfield, Illinois.

Schedule

THURSDAY, FEB. 16
Artist Reception – Arthur Price
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friends Gallery - Theatre Level
Free and open to the public

FRIDAY, FEB. 17
An Evening with Scott Turow
$35.00 per person + processing fees
7:00 p.m.
Limit 6 per person
Reserved seating
Reception included
SOLD OUT
(Call the Box Office at 444-7888 to be put on the waiting list.)

SATURDAY, FEB. 18
Author Conference
$40.00 per person + processing fees
Limit 6 per person
General admission
Boxed lunch included
Registration 8:30 a.m.
Conference: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Keynote address: Karin Slaughter
Featured authors: Mark Childress, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Anna Jean (A.J) Mayhew, Jeffrey Stepakoff, James L. Swanson

Book sales and signings will follow the afternoon session. Boxed lunch from Coffee-ology included.
SOLD OUT
(Call the Box Office at 444-7888 to be put on the waiting list.)

SATURDAY & SUNDAY
FEB. 18 & 19
Steep Canyon Rangers
SATURDAY, FEB. 18 - 8:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
SUNDAY, FEB. 19 - 2:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
The Library Theatre

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Special Thanks

A Special thanks goes to our supporters. This project is supported by the City of Hoover, the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and by the Friends of Hoover Public Library.