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Kathryn Canavan

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Princeton, N.J., The United States

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It is natural that Kathryn Canavan write about the Lincoln Assassination and America’s first kidnapping because Canavan began her journalism career as a crime reporter.

To get a story, she has reported at gunpoint, lived with the Moonies, negotiated with a killer and joined Tug McGraw in the Phillies dugout.

She worked as reporter or editor in four states, but she left full-time newsroom to serve as a paralyzed parent Her freelance writing has been published in USA Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily Beast, Prevention magazine and the History News Network.

She is the author of Lincoln’s Final Hours from University Press of Kentucky and True Crime Philadelphia from Lyons Press. Her upcoming book is about a 1976 spree murder.

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	True Crime Philadelphia: From America's First Bank Robbery to the Real-Life Killers Who Inspired Boardwalk Empire 3.79 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President 4.15 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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