Books about manhunts?
December 26, 2011 8:17 PM Subscribe
Good books about real manhunts/fugitives?
I just finished Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer and really enjoyed it. What are some other good nonfiction books about manhunts and/or fugitives? (I guess you can't really have one without the other.) Especially contemporary ones.
I just finished Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer and really enjoyed it. What are some other good nonfiction books about manhunts and/or fugitives? (I guess you can't really have one without the other.) Especially contemporary ones.
My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy, by Kim Philby.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:36 PM on December 26, 2011
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:36 PM on December 26, 2011
Hampton Sides' "Hellhound on his Trail" was pretty good, and compulsively readable.
posted by .kobayashi. at 8:44 PM on December 26, 2011
posted by .kobayashi. at 8:44 PM on December 26, 2011
We Die Alone is about a Norwegian soldier on the run from the Nazis. If you do not love it I will come chasing after you with bloodhounds on skis.
posted by argonauta at 8:47 PM on December 26, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by argonauta at 8:47 PM on December 26, 2011 [2 favorites]
Hellhound On His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History by Hampton Sides
posted by shoesietart at 8:52 PM on December 26, 2011
posted by shoesietart at 8:52 PM on December 26, 2011
One of the best I've come across is The Mad Trapper of Rat River!
It's a true story about the manhunt of Albert Johnson and his murdering of a few Mounties. He evaded the Mounties for miles using nothing but bush craft. Very good read!
A definite recommend!
posted by cassini at 9:03 PM on December 26, 2011
It's a true story about the manhunt of Albert Johnson and his murdering of a few Mounties. He evaded the Mounties for miles using nothing but bush craft. Very good read!
A definite recommend!
posted by cassini at 9:03 PM on December 26, 2011
Breaking Blue by Timothy Egan is a true crime story about a sheriff breaking a 50-year-old murder case in Spokane.
posted by LarryC at 12:10 AM on December 27, 2011
posted by LarryC at 12:10 AM on December 27, 2011
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper is about Peter Sutcliffe, the murders he committed in Northern England in the 70's, and everything that went into catching him.
It's less contemporary but you might also enjoy Devil in the White City. It's about H.H. Holmes' crimes during the 1893 World Fair and how he was caught. It also contains a ton of history about Chicago and the World Fair itself.
posted by youngergirl44 at 10:14 AM on December 27, 2011
It's less contemporary but you might also enjoy Devil in the White City. It's about H.H. Holmes' crimes during the 1893 World Fair and how he was caught. It also contains a ton of history about Chicago and the World Fair itself.
posted by youngergirl44 at 10:14 AM on December 27, 2011
If you haven't read it, one of the most gripping fictional manhunts is Frederick Forsythe's The Day of the Jackal.
Not in the same class but pretty good as a story of a spy/fugitive is Ken Follett's The Eye of the Needle.
posted by bearwife at 11:02 AM on December 27, 2011
Not in the same class but pretty good as a story of a spy/fugitive is Ken Follett's The Eye of the Needle.
posted by bearwife at 11:02 AM on December 27, 2011
Rogue Male by Geoffery Household is a true classic in the fugitive/manhunt genre. It was also an inspiration for the book behind Rambo, which is a surprisingly literary endeavor from a John Barth protege.
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:06 AM on December 27, 2011
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:06 AM on December 27, 2011
Oops, sorry, missed your highlighted request for NONfiction. In that case, ignore my prior answer and take a look at Brenden Koerner's Now Hell Will Start.
posted by bearwife at 11:07 AM on December 27, 2011
posted by bearwife at 11:07 AM on December 27, 2011
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posted by Ghostride The Whip at 8:26 PM on December 26, 2011