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The Booths and Lincoln Assassination Folly in History
A dramatic recounting traces Junius Brutus Booth and his son John Wilkes Booth through scenes of notoriety in Maryland and Virginia. It links Booth family theatrics to John Brown at Harpers Ferry and ends with Booth's Lincoln assassination and pursuit.
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Columbus
Junius Brutus Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Baltimore
Maryland
Mary Ann
Denmark
Hamlet
Virginia
Michael Angelo
Moses
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Atzerodt
Kirkwood
Register
Andrew Johnston
Lewis Payne
William E. Seward
Verdi
Laura Keene
William Tell
Brutus
George Atzerodt
Mary
Man In Black
Davey Herald
Anacostia River