Fortune's Fool: The Life Of John Wilkes Booth - 9780195054125

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.

• | Author: Terry Alford
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 14, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 464 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0195054121
• | ISBN-13: 9780195054125