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07-11-2012, 10:44 AM (This post was last modified: 07-12-2012 05:57 AM by RJNorton.)
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I'd like to second what Laurie just said. Bill Richter's book really helps those of us brought up in states like Illinois have a much better understanding of Booth and his mindset. If I were still teaching, and were trying to give the students a more comprehensive perspective of the driving forces in Booth's mind, I would use Bill's book as a resource for this. I certainly recommend it. It could lead to a great class discussion in which the students compare/contrast Bill's book to what they are reading in their own textbook.

From Bill's website:

"In a new, provocative study comprising three essays, historian William L. Richter delves into the psyche of Booth and finds him far from insane. Beginning with a modern, less adulating interpretation of President Abraham Lincoln, Richter is the first scholar to examine Booth's few known, often unfinished speeches and essays to draw a realistic mind-picture of the man who so intensely believed in common American polital theories of his day, and acted violently to carry them out during the time of America's greatest war."
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Book recommendations - jonathan - 07-10-2012, 01:41 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Rob Wick - 07-10-2012, 06:56 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Gene C - 07-10-2012, 07:12 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 07-10-2012, 07:29 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Craig Hipkins - 07-10-2012, 08:41 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Laurie Verge - 07-11-2012, 09:23 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Craig Hipkins - 07-16-2012, 07:08 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 07-11-2012 10:44 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Laurie Verge - 07-12-2012, 05:14 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Rick Smith - 07-12-2012, 08:21 PM
RE: Book recommendations - BettyO - 07-16-2012, 07:51 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Rogerm - 07-16-2012, 08:25 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Rob Wick - 07-16-2012, 10:09 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Linda Anderson - 07-16-2012, 10:37 AM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 07-17-2012, 11:37 PM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 07-18-2012, 06:30 AM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 07-18-2012, 08:00 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Laurie Verge - 07-18-2012, 10:07 AM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 07-18-2012, 10:16 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Laurie Verge - 07-18-2012, 04:21 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 07-18-2012, 05:26 PM
RE: Book recommendations - J. Beckert - 07-18-2012, 05:47 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 07-18-2012, 07:00 PM
RE: Book recommendations - J. Beckert - 07-18-2012, 07:34 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 07-18-2012, 07:47 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 07-19-2012, 12:02 PM
RE: Book recommendations - J. Beckert - 07-19-2012, 12:57 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 07-19-2012, 02:05 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-11-2012, 05:09 PM
RE: Book recommendations - BettyO - 09-11-2012, 05:41 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Rob Wick - 09-11-2012, 05:52 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-11-2012, 06:16 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 09-17-2012, 06:38 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-19-2012, 02:21 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 09-19-2012, 07:53 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-21-2012, 07:45 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 09-21-2012, 08:05 AM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-21-2012, 08:10 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 09-21-2012, 08:15 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Rogerm - 09-21-2012, 09:06 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 09-22-2012, 06:42 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Joe Di Cola - 09-22-2012, 09:33 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 09-22-2012, 09:59 AM
RE: Book recommendations - Gene C - 09-22-2012, 11:26 AM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-22-2012, 02:53 PM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 09-22-2012, 03:11 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 09-22-2012, 07:48 PM
RE: Book recommendations - BettyO - 09-22-2012, 08:08 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 09-22-2012, 08:25 PM
RE: Book recommendations - jonathan - 09-24-2012, 05:42 PM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 09-24-2012, 07:30 PM
RE: Book recommendations - Thomas Thorne - 10-02-2012, 12:28 AM
RE: Book recommendations - BettyO - 10-02-2012, 05:53 AM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 10-02-2012, 08:36 AM
RE: Book recommendations - RJNorton - 10-02-2012, 09:21 AM
RE: Book recommendations - L Verge - 10-02-2012, 01:47 PM
RE: Book recommendations - LincolnMan - 10-12-2012, 03:18 PM
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