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Sto caricando le informazioni... Booth's Sisterdi Jane Singer
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am a fan of historical fiction and non-fictional memoirs from this era and I have read a number of them, specifically focusing on the Confederacy and the plight of the slaves (including a fictional memoir from the perspective of a female slave owner, "Property", by Valerie Martin.) However, I have never read anything, fictional or non-fictional, addressing the life and times of the infamous John Wilkes Booth and his family. So when I found a free Kindle book on amazon.com for a fictional memoir told from the perspective of Asia Boothe, the assassin's sister, I was excited. The idea is a good one and the story was readable, I just found myself skimming through some parts as the writing style just didn't really grab me. The Shakespearean quotes, while certainly accentuating the Booth's as a theatrical family, didn't really work for me either. But the idea was still interesting and a worthwhile endeavor on the part of this author. This is a look at John Wilkes Booth through the eyes of his sister Asia. I began reading this during a particularly boring and misinformed lecture at a conference I attended in October. To be honest, the book wasn't much better than the lecture, but it gave me something to do without having to listen to a speaker who didn't know the difference in a blog and Facebook. I finally got back to it. I certainly had never considered how Booth's life had affected his family members, and this did give insight into it. The book seemed to be very full of dialogue. Much of the book is at a very low reading level -- maybe as low as 3rd grade. I really believe the book is better suited as a book for about 5th or 6th graders than adults to which it is marketed, although there are a couple of scenes that would be questionable content-wise for that audience. I read the Kindle edition of this book. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
My brother killed Abraham Lincoln. That is my weight of shame. While he remained at large, I was held captive in my home." Asia Booth Clarke was 30 years old and pregnant with her first child when Union soldiers stormed her Maryland home in search of her brother. John Wilkes Booth's baby sister had grown up in one of America's notoriously troubled, but spectacularly acclaimed, acting families. When Johnny's firebrand ideology left the nation in mourning and the Booth family under a dark cloud of accusation, it was Asia who bore the brunt. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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