The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy

The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy
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The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy
CPL/file

The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy

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C. Wyatt Evans reads from and discusses his illuminating and humorous book about the history of John Wilkes Booth as a romantic, doomed assassin, and the way his image held the public imagination long after his death.

Enjoy this exploration of one of history’s most enigmatic (and reviled) figures—John Wilkes Booth.

Recorded Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Harold Washington Library Center.