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Author:

Giblin, James.

Title:

Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth / James Cross Giblin.

Publisher:

Clarion Books

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

244 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Booth, Edwin--1833-1893--Juvenile literature.
Booth, Edwin--1833-1893.
Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Assassination.
Booth, John Wilkes--1838-1865--Juvenile literature.
Booth, John Wilkes--1838-1865--Family--Juvenile literature.
Booth, John Wilkes--1838-1865.
Assassins--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Brothers--United States--Biography.
Actors--United States--Biography.
Actors--Biography.
Actors and actresses--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.

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.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School.
School Library Journal starred.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)

ISBN:

0618096426 hc.
9780618096428 hc.

LCCN:

2004021260

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