Booth's Mental health

[Gene C]

(05-14-2015 01:28 PM)Juan Marrero Wrote:  I am still reading "Fortune's Fool" and learning quite alot.

As I read it, I keep thinking that Booth possibly suffered from a borderline personality disorder--a very inflated sense of self, volatile and destructive personal relationships, rapid mood swings and a tendency towards despair. This is certainly not new ground for I am sure that his mental state has already been brought up and discussed. Morever, anyone who shoots an American president has to be, almost by defintion, crazy.

I can agree pretty much with you on this. I have not read "Fortunes Fool" yet.
I would recommend to you "My Thoughts Be Bloody" by Nora Titone, if you don't already have it. I read it abut three years ago. It's good. We have discussed it some on the forum, but it doesn't have it's own thread.
Amazon has it very reasonably priced.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Thoughts-Be-Blo...1416586067