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Childhood home of assassin John Wilkes Booth for sale
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The childhood home of John Wilkes Booth - who murdered President
Abraham Lincoln in 1865 - is scheduled to be sold by auction.
The 4-bedroom, brick house is in Bel Air, Md., (about 20 miles
northeast of Baltimore). The couple who owned the home both died in
the spring, and their heirs are selling the property.
The Booth house is listed in national and state registers of
historic places, but preservationists in the area fear new owners
might demolish the home.
The house was...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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John Wilkes Booth home to be sold
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; To the dismay of preservationists, the childhood home of presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth is to be auctioned. "There would be a huge public outcry if it were bulldozed," said Gary Sloan, executive director of the Preservation Association for Tudor Hall Inc. "It's become the legacy of the
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ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe
; Q. What is the title of the movie in which Richard Burton played John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot President Lincoln? J.H., Medford A. You are probably thinking of "Prince of Players," in which Burton starred as Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, who was
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(book reviews)
Civil War History
; Right or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth. Edited by John Rhodehamel and Louise Taper. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 172. $24.95.) John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir by Asia Booth Clark. Edited By Terry Alford. (Jackson: University Press of
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Booth boyhood home put on auction block
Chicago Sun-Times
; For years, people have just wanted to ignore the Gothic-style house at the end of a country road outside Bel Air, Md. Tudor Hall, after all, occupied a dubious place in American history: at one time home to both world-renowned Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and his brother, John Wilkes Booth, who
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James Cross Giblin: Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
The Horn Book Magazine
; James Cross Giblin Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth 235 pp. Clarion 5/05 ISBN 0-618-09642-6 $22.00 g (Middle School, High School) Amateur historians may find it convenient to think of Edwin Booth, often considered the finest classical actor of his time, as
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