Terry Alford

Fortune's Fool

The Life of John Wilkes Booth

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 145mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780190697709
• ISBN-10: 0190697709
• Artikelnr.: 48808262

Autorenporträt

Terry Alford is Professor of History Emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College. He is the author of Prince Among Slaves, which was made into a PBS documentary in 2007 and is a member of the Ford's Theatre Advisory Council.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One Bright Boy Absalom
Chapter Two The Muffin
Chapter Three Lions and Foxes
Chapter Four The Union as It Was
Chapter Five Shining in the Rough
Chapter Six Life's Fitful Fever
Chapter Seven Mischief, Thou Art Afoot
Chapter Eight The Fiery Furnace
Chapter Nine Come Weal or Woe
Chapter Ten This One Mad Act
Chapter Eleven Exit Booth
Chapter Twelve The Last Ditch
Epilogue A Green and Narrow Bed
Acknowledgments
Notes
Notes on Sources
Index