Fortune's fool [electronic resource] : the life of John Wilkes Booth / Terry Alford.
"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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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Bright Boy Absalom
- The Muffin
- Lions and Foxes
- The Union as It Was
- Shining in the Rough
- Life's Fitful Fever
- Mischief, Thou Art Afoot
- The Fiery Furnace
- Come Weal or Woe
- This One Mad Act
- Exit Booth
- The Last Ditch
- Epilogue: A Green and Narrow Bed.