Fortune's Fool

[L Verge]

"It is true that Terry Alford has not solved the mystery of John Wilkes Booth but he has provided much useful information that will permits his readers to draw their own conclusions and will stimulate further studies of the man."

Excellent point, Tom, and who will ever solve the mystery of John Wilkes Booth (without the ability to talk with the man directly)? If research and published works like Mad Booths, American Gothic, American Brutus, Fool's Fortune, Blood on the Moon, and My Thoughts Be Bloody don't give you excellent insights into Booth, you haven't been paying attention, imo.

As far as Ike's mother - My father was career military; he never wanted a son. This was in the day of the draft and few women in the military. He did not want to send any son into war.