Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth Gettysburg Mugs and a shadow of pure

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and the inner circle of advisers– that shaped Jackson’s private world through years of storm and victory

Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth Gettysburg Mugs and a shadow of pureby Terry Alford (Author) With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's untimely death altered the trajectory of postwar history. But to those who knew Booth, the event was even more shocking for no one