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Title Fortune's fool : the life of John Wilkes Booth / Terry Alford.
Author Alford, Terry.
Publication Info. Oxford ;
New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B BOOTH    Check Shelves
Description 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent.
unmediated n rdamedia.
volume nc rdacarrier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-431) and index.
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.
Subject Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Psychology.
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
Assassins -- United States -- Biography.
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 0195054121 (hardcover) : $29.95
9780195054125 (hardcover)