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University Press of Mississippi republished the memoir in 1996 as John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir, with an introduction by Alford, a professor of history at Northern Virginia Community ...

Lincoln's funeral scene in Manhunt reveals Mary Todd Lincoln's grief and connection with Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth. Edwin Booth's true heroic act of saving Robert Lincoln's life ...

On the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln's death, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne and historian Terry Alford explore John Wilkes Booth's life, and how the assassination affected his family.

Surratt Jr. met Booth, and early in 1865, Booth became a frequent visitor to the boarding house. On the night of April 17, 1865, officers arrested Mary Surratt.

As a boy, John Wilkes and another older sister, Rosalie, frequently walked to the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church at the nearest crossroads, today’s intersection of Routes 22 and 543.

“Johnny” Booth was the beloved second-youngest of 10 children – four of whom died in childhood – born to famed British Shakespearean actor Junius Brutus Booth and mother Mary Ann.

The upcoming Apple limited series "Manhunt" has added Anthony Boyle and Lovie Simone to its cast, Variety has learned.

Mary Simms (Lovie Simone) is a slave belonging to Dr. Samuel Mudd (played by Matt Walsh), who treated John Wilkes Booth while he was on the run. Courtesy of Apple TV+ ...

John Wilkes Booth was the man who pulled the trigger, capping off a coordinated plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln.But historian Terry Alford, an ...

Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre when Booth came from ...