Booth's Diary Came Back Missing Eighteen Pages
American Civil War

Booth's Diary Came Back Missing Eighteen Pages

John Wilkes Booth escaped Washington with a broken leg, a co-conspirator, and a diary—and then the diary's missing pages became an explosive secret in American political history.

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American Civil War19th CenturyUnited StatesAssassinationPolitical ConspiracyAbraham LincolnJohn Wilkes BoothEdwin Stanton

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