The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister
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The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister is a posthumously published memoir by Asia Booth Clarke offering an intimate, firsthand portrait of her brother, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
American theatre in the 19th century
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Booth family dynamics ⓘ context of Lincoln assassination ⓘ personal background of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| author | Asia Booth Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| documents |
Booth family relationships
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personal traits of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ reactions to Lincoln assassination within Booth family ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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historical memoir ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalPerspective |
critical of John Wilkes Booth’s actions
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sympathetic to family ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
American Civil War era
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Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in Abraham Lincoln
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readers interested in John Wilkes Booth ⓘ readers of American history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
Booth family
NERFINISHED
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John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
firsthand account of Booth family life
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intimate portrait of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ personal recollections of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| relationshipBetweenAuthorAndSubject | sister-brother ⓘ |
| sourceType |
family memoir
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primary source on John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| subjectOccupationDescribed | actor ⓘ |
| subjectRoleDescribed | assassin of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| workType | posthumously published work ⓘ |
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