Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth / James Cross Giblin.
By: Giblin, James.
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BookPublisher: New York : Clarion Books, c2005Description: 244 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780618096428 (hc.); 0618096426 (hc.).Other title: Edwin Booth | John Wilkes Booth.Subject(s): Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Juvenile literature | Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Family -- Juvenile literature | Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 -- Juvenile literature | Assassins -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Actors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Brothers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature | Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 | Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 | Actors and actresses -- Biography | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination | Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 | Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 | Actors -- Biography | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- AssassinationDDC classification: 792.02/8/092273 | B Awards: D.C.F. Award 2006-07.Summary: Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.
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Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
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D.C.F. Award 2006-07.
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