| Description |
1 online resource |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 24, 2016) |
| Subject |
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Psychology
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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Political and social views
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Assassins -- United States -- Biography
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Actors -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Actors
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Assassination
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Assassins
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Political and social views
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Psychology
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199723690 |
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0199723699 |
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0195054121 |
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9780195054125 |
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