Good Brother, Bad Brother : The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth (Hardcover)

from helenpeynado

 A great book that brings to light Edwin Wilkes Booth and James Wilkes Booths background and the days before and after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Who knew that James Wilkes Booth came from a famed and well loved family of actors? I just thought he was a crazy guy. I appreciate how Gibl...

from ewyatt

I really enjoyed this biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, and by extension the Booth family. I knew the events of the assassination of President Lincoln, but I knew very little about John Wilkes Booth and nothing at all about his older brother. It was interesting to read about the family's ...

from melissadorish

America knows John Wilkes Booth as the man who shot Abraham Lincoln and devastated a nation. But not as much is knows about Booth before that murder. This book delves into his background as an actor and it also chronicles the life of his brother Edwin. Both are actors and both find of the bottle,...

from welkinscheek

Why, when the Civil War had finally ended its gruesome stranglehold over the country and many Americans were in the midst of celebration, would an actor end the life of Abraham Lincoln, herald of peace? James Cross Giblin's Good Brother, Bad Brother attempts to address this question, as well as m...

from ewyatt

I really enjoyed this biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, and by extension the Booth family. I knew the events of the assassination of President Lincoln, but I knew very little about John Wilkes Booth and nothing at all about his older brother. It was interesting to read about the family's ...