1. What if John Wilkes Booth had missed? What if John Wilkes Booth had not been caught?

2. What if Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt had accomplished their missions? Would the additional murders of the Vice-President and Secretary of State have plunged the Union into chaos and prolonged the Civil War?

3. How did the Lincoln Assassination change American history?

4. What was Mary Surratt's level of culpability in the assassination? Was her execution justified?

5. What about Dr. Samuel Mudd? What was he guilty of, if anything?

6. Who is the more admirable character: the actress Laura Keene or the assassin's sister, Asia Booth Clarke? Defend your choice.

7. Is Thomas Jones, the rebel river ghost, to be admired for his code of honor, or condemned for his aid to the assassin?

8. Is Ford's Theater a monument to Abraham Lincoln, or to his killer?

9. In what ways, if any, is John Wilkes Booth a sympathetic character?

10. It has been nearly 150 years since the great crime. Have we forgiven John Wilkes Booth?

11. Who is the hero of MANHUNT? Is there more than one?

Created May 2007