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Sarah Vowell guides readers through America's historic sites of political violence, uncovering lesser‑known attractions and explaining how these events have shaped public memory and tourism.

In graphic novel format, the story of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the events leading up to the shooting, and what happened after.

A concise, hour‑by‑hour chronicle of the twelve days after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, following both the pursuit and escape of John Wilkes Booth.

A comprehensive examination of John Wilkes Booth and the conspiracy that led to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

A pictorial exploration of the eight conspirators linked to Lincoln’s assassination, featuring portraits, artifacts, photographs, prints, and letters.

With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's untimely death altered the trajectory of postwar history. But to those who knew Booth, the event was even more shocking – for no one could have imagined that this fantastically gifted actor and well-liked man could commit such an atrocity. In *Fortune's Fool*, Terry Alford provides the first comprehensive look at the life of an enigmatic figure whose life has been overshadowed by his final, infamous act. Tracing Booth's story from his uncertain childhood in Maryland, characterized by a difficult relationship with his famous actor father, to his successful acting career on stages across the country, Alford offers a nuanced picture of Booth as a public figure, performer, and deeply troubled man. Despite the fame and success that attended Booth's career – he was billed at one point as "the youngest star in the world" – he found himself consumed by the Confederate cause and the desire to help the South win its independence. Alford reveals the tormented path that led Booth to conclude, as the Confederacy collapsed in April 1865, that the only way to revive the South and punish the North for the war would be to murder Lincoln – whatever the cost to himself or others. The textured and compelling narrative gives new depth to the familiar events at Ford's Theatre and the aftermath that followed, culminating in Booth's capture and death at the hands of Union soldiers 150 years ago. Based on original research into government archives, historical libraries, and family records, *Fortune's Fool* offers the definitive portrait of John Wilkes Booth.

A graphic retelling of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the capture of John Wilkes Booth, set between March 4 and May 4 1865, combining vivid illustrations with period‑accurate dialogue.