Fortune's Fool by Terry Alford
When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, his friends were stunned--not only by the murder but by the thought that someone they knew as fantastically gifted, successful and kind-hearted could commit such a crime.
The 'first full-length biography' of Abraham Lincoln's assassin offers much nuance and complexity to the killer.. Alford sifts through the more balanced, credible sources of those who knew Booth before the assassination to flesh out a surprisingly engaging portrait of the brilliant young actor and deeply riven sympathizer to the Southern cause ... Alford paints some intriguing shades of gray in this elucidating portrait. * KIRKUS REVIEWS *
Fortune's Fool is so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years...Readers will know how this story ended, but Mr. Alford's recounting of Booth's flight and the Army's manhunt is a tour de force of sustained drama, never losing its breakneck pace and offering startling revelations. * Harold Holzer, The Wall Street Journal *
Fortune's Fool is so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years...Readers will know how this story ended, but Mr. Alford's recounting of Booth's flight and the Army's manhunt is a tour de force of sustained drama, never losing its breakneck pace and offering startling revelations. * Harold Holzer, The Wall Street Journal *
Terry Alford is Professor of History at Northern Virginia Community College. He is the author of Prince Among Slaves (OUP), which was made into a PBS documentary in 2007. He is a founding board member of the Abraham Lincoln Institute of Washington, D.C., and a nationally recognized authority on John Wilkes Booth. He has appeared on "20/20," ABC News, the History Channel, the Discovery Network, and PBS. He has been an historical consultant on a number of films and documentaries, most recently Stephen Spielberg's "Lincoln."
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195054125 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195054121 |
| Title | Fortune's Fool |
| Author | Terry Alford |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2015-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Commended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) 2015, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2015 |
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