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With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's untimely death altered the trajectory of postwar history. But to those who knew Booth, the event was even more shocking – for no one could have imagined that this fantastically gifted actor and well-liked man could commit such an atrocity. In *Fortune's Fool*, Terry Alford provides the first comprehensive look at the life of an enigmatic figure whose life has been overshadowed by his final, infamous act. Tracing Booth's story from his uncertain childhood in Maryland, characterized by a difficult relationship with his famous actor father, to his successful acting career on stages across the country, Alford offers a nuanced picture of Booth as a public figure, performer, and deeply troubled man. Despite the fame and success that attended Booth's career – he was billed at one point as "the youngest star in the world" – he found himself consumed by the Confederate cause and the desire to help t

Who reads Fortune's Fool : The Life of John Wilkes Booth?

Author

Terry Alford

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195054125

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

4.09 / 5 (98 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14