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No, the book isn’t explicitly about John Wilkes Booth himself. It’s about his family of origin before 15 April 1865, and the impact on his family afterward. English Shakespearean actor Junius Brutus Booth and flower-seller Mary Ann Holmes emigrated to Maryland in 1821 and had ten children, six of whom survived to adulthood. The Booth parents were abolitionists and their farm sheltered a formerly enslaved couple. Modern resonances are inescapable as America focuses on racism, the legacy of slavery, and gun violence
Please read the book so you can participate in our structured, facilitated, Zoom discussion. Author: Karen Joy Fowler, 2022.
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