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The second life of John Wilkes Booth : a novel by Barnaby Conrad is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A gripping historical thriller, this book is based on the often-advanced theory that Lincolns assassin was not killed in the barn in Virginia but escaped to a second life in the Wild West. Barnaby Conrad was told the plot in 1947 by Sinclair Lewis, while serving as personal secretary to the Nobel-Prize winning author. They agreed to coauthor the book, but only one of them lived to tell the tale. Conrad follows Booth as he secretly makes his way to Robert E. Lees headquarters, expecting to be received as a hero. Instead Lee believes him an impostor and drives him away. The penniless Booth flees on a riverboat up the Missouri River to Montana Territory and assumes a new identity in a rough frontier town. Just as Booth falls in love with a kind woman, a bloodhound-like reporter appears, the truth is revealed and justice is delivered a la Greek tragedy.

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Author

Barnaby Conrad

Publisher

Kanbar & Conrad ; Publishers Group UK [distributor

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781571782250

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.91 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14