Rabu, 21 Maret 2018

American History Publick Occurrences- June 2009

Assassination Fever Ran in Booth Family New research reveals that Junius Brutus Booth, the father of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, aspired to live up to his middle name. Historians at the University of Tennessee recently confirmed that the elder Booth, a leading Shakespearean actor called the “mad tragedian,” threatened to kill President Andrew Jackson. …

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