John Wilkes Booth and the women who loved him / E. Lawrence Abel.

"When John Wilkes Booth died--shot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincoln--all he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women. They were not ordinary women. Four of them were among the most beaut...

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Main Author: Abel, Ernest L., 1943- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2018]
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Physical Description:xxiv, 454 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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