JWB and Fame

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As an aside, Dr. Terry Alford sent me something from an 1883 Evening Star today on an unrelated note. However, right beside that item was an article about a Washington husband who had just gone to court to sue his alcoholic wife because he came home to find that she had sold his clothes and most of the furniture in order to buy alcohol! I thought it was ironic that I received this right after posting about my tee-totaling ancestors.

It's usually the stories of the poor women and children suffering because of the alcoholic husband (cue the violins). In this case, it's the man who is suffering.

Back on track - remember that one current historian wrote an article years ago on "Shakespeare Killed Lincoln," hearkening to the theme that the Booth family was so ingrained with the plays where the evil ruler is done in and the assassin gets the glory that JWB came to believe it always happened that way.

Also, Booth admired John Brown because the old man went to his death still believing that his actions were the right ones. He literally died for what he believed in.