Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 99 Townsend, George Alfred 1841 1914 Townsend, G. A. (George Alfred) Bouquet, Johnny The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Kathy H., David Moynihan, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth" by George Alfred Townsend is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work centers around the infamous assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, detailing Booth's background, the conspiracy behind the act, and the subsequent pursuit and fate of his accomplices. At the start of the narrative, Townsend sets the scene in Washington, D.C., on the fateful day of April 14, when Booth, the well-dressed actor, prepared for his heinous deed at Ford's Theater. It describes Booth’s meticulously planned approach, including his interactions and movements leading up to the assassination. He manages to capture the atmosphere of the theater, the audience's excitement, and the moment of the assassination itself, illustrating Booth's actions with vivid detail. The opening portion establishes not only the dramatic tension of the event but also begins to build an intricate portrayal of Booth's character and the gravity of his crime against a beloved leader. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 Assassins -- United States -- Biography Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination E456 Text Crime Nonfiction Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - American 289860 289729 2024-10-03T10:01:08.748468 2023-10-03T09:00:04.724627 text/html text/html 289853 289722 2024-10-03T10:01:08.996473 2023-10-03T09:00:04.887668 text/html text/html 200767 2024-10-03T10:01:16.469416 application/epub+zip 203428 2024-10-03T10:01:12.427435 application/epub+zip 183822 2024-10-03T10:01:11.150427 application/epub+zip 418665 2024-10-03T10:01:19.581400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398204 2024-10-03T10:01:15.662410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358691 2022-09-03T12:44:47.925349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268169 268089 2024-10-03T10:01:08.413420 2023-10-03T09:00:04.494632 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 263276 2020-12-29T21:44:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106465 2020-12-29T21:44:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19755 2024-10-03T10:01:19.753363 application/rdf+xml 20910 2024-10-03T10:01:11.701396 image/jpeg 4546 2024-10-03T10:01:11.425405 image/jpeg 198107 2024-10-03T10:01:09.022452 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia