Booth's Mental health

[Pamela]

(07-25-2015 10:01 PM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 06:09 PM)Pamela Wrote:  Do you know if Badeau drank? Alot of writers drink/drank. F . Scott Fitzgerold? Stephen King was addicted to cocain for years and cranked out lots of books. He didn' t remember writing Cujo!

Pamela, I don't recall if Badeau drank but his pal Edwin certainly did. Nora Titone does an amazing job of mapping their friendship in Thy Thoughts Be Bloody. If you haven't read it, it's is a stellar book, so well researched.

I did read her book and I loved it! Badeau was an amazing person. Without refreshing myself on her book, I believe as a theater critic, he discovered Edwin and thought he had acting genius. Didn't he encourage Edwin to be well read and then introduced him to society? If it weren't for Badeau, Edwin wouldn't have been able to enter into the high social strata that he lived in. And Edwin had an incredible life, although with some tragedies. And then, of all things, Badeau joined the military and was on Grant's staff. It may have been because of Badeau that Grant's memoirs were so well written. I recommend her book, it 's so interesting and it gives a needed perspective for anyone who studies the assassination.