The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy

by C. Wyatt Evans

Book Overview

A deformed thumb, a neck scar from a stage accident, and a broken left leg, the result of a dramatic leap. These were the telltale markings that for decades identified a sideshow attraction as the supposed body of John Wilkes Booth. They persuaded onlookers that Lincoln's assassin was not killed in 1865 but survived the assault on Garrett's barn to live on as a fugitive for thirty years afterwards. As Wyatt Evans shows, some popular stories, no matter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700613528
• ISBN13: 9780700613526
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.6"