Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth
Where: Bryant Park/Bryant Park Reading Room
Between 40th & 42nd Sts. and Fifth and Sixth Aves.
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John Wilkes Booth forever changed the course of history with a single shot the evening of April 14, 1865, shocking a weary nation that was emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War. Drawing from family records and extensive archival research, historian Terry Alford provides a comprehensive portrait of this enigmatic figure whose life has been defined by his infamous act: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Terry Alford is the author of Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth and a founding board member of the Abraham Lincoln Institute in Washington, D.C.
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