My thoughts be bloody : the bitter rivalry between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth that led to an American tragedy / Nora Titone ; foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2010.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: xii, 479 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781416586050 (hc : alk. paper)
- 1416586059 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9781416586166 (ebook)
- 1416586164 (ebook)
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Family
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Assassins -- United States -- Biography
- Actors -- United States -- Biography
- Brothers -- United States -- Biography
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination
- Sibling rivalry -- United States -- Case studies
- E 457.5 .T57 2010
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| E 457.4 .H69 2008 Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861 / | E 457.4 .L77 Created equal? The complete Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. | E 457.45 .G66 2005 Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln / | E 457.5 .T57 2010 My thoughts be bloody : the bitter rivalry between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth that led to an American tragedy / | E 457.9 .O44 The poets' Lincoln; tributes in verse to the martyred President, | E 457.91 1953 V.1 The collected works of Abraham Lincoln / | E 457.91 1953 V.2 The collected works of Abraham Lincoln / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-455) and index.
Pt. 1. 1821-1852 -- "A famous rebel" -- "O brave new world" -- "This be madness" -- "A populous city" -- "Stand up for bastards!" -- pt. 2. 1853-1860 -- "In the dust" -- "Brother, you have done me wrong" -- "A delicate and tender prince" -- "Death, destruction, and massacre" -- "Prepare for your execution : you are condemned" -- pt. 3. 1861-1865 -- "My brother, my competitor" -- "The working of the heart" -- "Beat down these rebels here at home" -- "My thoughts be bloody" -- "This play is the image of a murder."
Offers a provocative new look at the motive behind the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the bitter sibling rivalry that led John Wilkes Booth to murder him.
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