Bibliograph

John Wilkes Booth and the women who loved him, E. Lawrence Abel

Type

Label

John Wilkes Booth and the women who loved him, E. Lawrence Abel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-440) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

John Wilkes Booth and the women who loved him

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1906389

Responsibility statement

E. Lawrence Abel

Table Of Contents

I've broken my promise -- Old sins cast long shadows -- They idolized him -- Young and pretty Maggie Mitchell -- This Harpers Ferry business -- The Star sisters: Helen and Lucille Western -- I cannot stoop to that which I despise -- Almost an eunuch -- Little rehearsals: Louise Wooster -- The southern marseillaise -- All for love and murder: Henrietta Irving -- My goose hangs high -- True grit -- Effie and Alice -- Imagine my helping that wounded soldier -- The most beautiful woman on the American stage -- Storming about the country is sad work -- Not a secesh -- Isabel Sumner -- A gang of misfits -- Lucy Lambert Hale -- Anything that pleases you: Ella Strr -- Assassination -- I have too great a soul to die like a criminal -- Ella Starr -- Asia and Mary All -- "It cannot be denied": Lucy Hale -- Effie Germon -- Alice Gray -- Helen Western -- Fanny Brown -- Henrietta Irving -- Maggie Mitchell -- Ada Gray -- Isabel Sumner -- Louise Wooster -- Clara Morris -- Martha Mills

Target audience

adult

Classification