I was automatically attracted to this title, by James Giblin, because I recognized the name John Wilkes Booth. John and his brother Edwin were sons of the actor Junnius Booth. While Edwin spent his time fixing and working on his acting crafts, to be like his father, John was making a bad name for the Booth family. Edwin supported the north in the war, while John supported the south. The story even goes into detail of John's plans to kidnap and capture Lincoln. There are many photographs of the time as well.
I definately recommend this story for 7th and 8th grade readers learning about Lincoln. It was neat to see the relevance and real things going on in the criminals mind and life.
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