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The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth is a book written by Finis L. Bates that explores the controversial theory that John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, did not die in a shootout with authorities but instead escaped and lived out the rest of his…
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This book, although written many years ago, was fascinating into the author's belief (it's non fiction) that John Wilkes Booth didn't die as history says. He escaped and lived a long life under an assumed name. I want to believe it could be possible but the author makes it clear that he does believe it, that he knew the man who was once John Wilkes Booth.
It provided detailed history of the time and a very personal look into what might have been.
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