John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him

When John Wilkes Booth diedΓÇöshot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President LincolnΓÇöall he had in his pocket were a compass,a candlea diaryand five photographs of five different women. They were not ordinary women. Four of them were among the most beautiful actresses of the day; the fifth was Booth’s wealthy fianc├⌐ women who were consumed by lovejealousystrifeand heartbreak; women whose lives took wild turns before and after Lincoln’s assassination; women whom have been condemned to the footnotes of history… until now.