Fortune's fool : the life of John Wilkes Booth / Terry Alford.

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"With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alford, Terry
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Booth, John Wilkes, > 1838-1865. Booth, John Wilkes, > 1838-1865 > Psychology. Booth, John Wilkes, > 1838-1865 > Political and social views. Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination. Assassins > United States > Biography. Actors > United States > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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