John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him

John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved HimWhen John Wilkes Booth diedshot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincolnall he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women. They were not ordinary women. Four of them were among the most beautiful actresses of the day; the fifth was Booth's wealthy fiance. And those five women are just the tip of the iceberg. Before he shot the president of the

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edited by Gene Allen Smith