John Wilkes Booth: References & Edit History
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Biographies of John Wilkes Booth, including his involvement with the plot to assassinate U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln, appear in Terry Alford, Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth (2015); and Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies (2007). Treatments of the stage career of John Wilkes Booth include Gordon Samples, Lust for Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth (1982, reprinted 1998); and Gene Smith, American Gothic: The Story of America’s Legendary Theatrical Family, Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth (1992).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - John Wilkes Booth: The Actor Who Killed A President. | Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - The liberal, theatrical family of John Wilkes Booth were 'every bit as interesting' as the presidential assassin himself. | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Trials - John Wilkes Booth. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - The Death of John Wilkes Booth. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ford's Theatre - Manhunt for Booth. | Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Thoughts from an Assassin: The Journal of John Wilkes Booth. | Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bridgewater State University - Virtual Commons - Myth and the Lincoln Assassination: Did John Wilkes Booth Escape? | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Booth Legend. | Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 24, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 14, 2019 | ||
| Added illustrated composite of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Noted that Samuel A. Mudd, a Maryland physician, tended to Booth's leg during Booth's flight away from Washington, D.C. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - John Wilkes Booth. | Aug 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Thoughts from an Assassin: The Journal of John Wilkes Booth. | Aug 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Who Was John Wilkes Booth Before He Became Lincoln's Assassin? | May 11, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Jul 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - Biography of John Wilkes Booth. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of General William Booth. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - John Wilkes Booth. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Wilkes Booth. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Added photo of John Wilkes Booth. | Feb 01, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 19, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 02, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Famous Trials - The Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. | Aug 30, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Famous Trials - The Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. | Aug 30, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 06, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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