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The Booth brothers, drama, fame, and the death of President Lincoln, by Rebecca Langston-George

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The Booth brothers

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by Rebecca Langston-George

Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.2, 2, 190110

drama, fame, and the death of President Lincoln

Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the streets of Washington, D.C., and raged as the Civil War turned in favor of the North. John fantasized about kidnapping the president, but after the defeat of the Confederacy, he sought deadly vengeance. The night Lincoln attended a performance at Ford s Theatre, Edwin was far away, knowing nothing of the plot unfolding in the nation s capital

A wanted man -- Witness to history -- Family and country divided -- Actors and rivals -- Plans and plots -- A country reunited -- A new plan executed -- A hunted man -- A brother burdened -- Afterword

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Drama, fame, and the death of President Lincoln