The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth by Scott Martelle

The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

Scott Martelle

240 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Union cavalryman Boston Corbett became a national celebrity after killing John Wilkes Booth, but as details of his odd personality became known, he also became the object of derision. Over time, he was largely forgotten to history, a minor charact...

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