Giblin, James.

Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth / James Cross Giblin. - New York : Clarion Books, c2005. - 244 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Through a review of their family and an examination of their political ideologies, a biography presents a look at two brothers who stood on opposing sides during the Civil War and how one, John Wilkes Booth, became the infamous assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

Age 10-14.



0618096426 : $22.00

2004021260


Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 --Family.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Assassination.


Presidents--Assassination--United States--Biography.
Actors--United States--Biography.
Brothers--United States--Biography.

E457.5 / .G53 2005

792.02/8/092273 B