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Subject(s)

• Assassins—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Actors—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865 [Browse]
• Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865—Psychology [Browse]
• Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865—Political and social views [Browse]
• Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865—Assassination [Browse]

Summary note

When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, his friends were stunned--not only by the murder but by the thought that someone they knew as fantastically gifted, successful and kind-hearted could commit such a crime. Fortune's Fool, the first biography of Booth ever written, is the life story of this talented and troubling individual.

Notes

Includes index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Bright Boy Absalom; Chapter 2: The Muffin; Chapter 3: Lions and Foxes; Chapter 4: The Union as it Was; Chapter 5: Shining in the Rough; Chapter 6: Life's Fitful Fever; Chapter 7: Mischief, Thou Art Afoot; Chapter 8: The Fiery Furnace; Chapter 9: Come Weal or Woe; Chapter 10: This One Mad Act; Chapter 11: Exit Booth; Chapter 12: The Last Ditch; Epilogue: A Green and Narrow Bed; Acknowledgments; Notes; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Bright Boy Absalom; Chapter 2. The Muffin
• Chapter 3. Lions and FoxesChapter 4. The Union as It Was; Chapter 5. Shining in the Rough; Chapter 6. Life's Fitful Fever; Chapter 7. Mischief, Thou Art Afoot; Chapter 8. The Fiery Furnace; Chapter 9. Come Weal or Woe; Chapter 10. This One Mad Act; Chapter 11. Exit Booth; Chapter 12. The Last Ditch; Epilogue: A Green and Narrow Bed; Note on Sources; Index

ISBN

• 0-19-023255-2
• 0-19-972369-9

OCLC

953455819

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