“As far as I can remember, I have always felt connected to Abraham Lincoln”, are the very words of the Edgar Award-winning author and New York Times bestseller. James L. Swanson is a famous historian and author of Manhunt and many other award-winning novels that teach us about the past. So what effect does James L. Swanson have on our present knowledge of history? Not only is James L. Swanson fascinated with presidents, but he has the same birthday as the 16th president of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln. Swanson was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 12 of 1959. When Swanson was born the nurses teased his mother and asked her if she was going to name him “Little Abe”. Starting at an early age, Swanson received Lincoln related birthday presents. As a kid, Swanson read a lot about presidents of the past, but Abraham Lincoln was the first president that he read about. Swanson's interest in John Wilkes Booth and Abraham Lincoln started on his tenth birthday. On his tenth birthday, he received a
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All of the books that he writes have real characters and the characters words are authentic and come from original sources such as; letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspaper reports, books, and other documents. Swanson writes three main types of genres; nonfiction, historical, and biographies. Most of the novel that he writes have a suspenseful mood which helps convey the whole idea of the novels; sadness and death. The majority of Swanson’s novels are fast-paced, which helps create a thriller mood when reading the book. Swanson’s target audience ranges from ages 11 to 14, and elementary and middle school. But Swanson doesn’t only write for young adults and children, he also writes for adults, and every time he writes an adult book, he writes a book for young
All of the books that he writes have real characters and the characters words are authentic and come from original sources such as; letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspaper reports, books, and other documents. Swanson writes three main types of genres; nonfiction, historical, and biographies. Most of the novel that he writes have a suspenseful mood which helps convey the whole idea of the novels; sadness and death. The majority of Swanson’s novels are fast-paced, which helps create a thriller mood when reading the book. Swanson’s target audience ranges from ages 11 to 14, and elementary and middle school. But Swanson doesn’t only write for young adults and children, he also writes for adults, and every time he writes an adult book, he writes a book for young