Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
year: 2005
call number/section: 920, 973.7, 792.02, 1000, 92, 953
subjects: booth, john wilkes, 1838-1865, juvenile literature, family, booth, edwin, 1833-1893, lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination, assassins, united states, juvenile literature, actors, brothers, actors and actresses, biography
Editions
Giblin, James
Clarion Books (2005)
Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
Schools: 57
Giblin, James
Biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, two brothers and accomplished actors, who held opposing views politically and one of who shot Abraham Lincoln.
Schools: 1