John Wilkes Booth Biography

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Herbert 1
I live in the old house of John Wilkes Booth. My family often receives mail because people want photos but it is just one of the downs of living in an old criminal’s house. I wanted to tell everyone the time I found a door in the house that took me to the day John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Over the course of my adventure I found research and photos on my experience and thoughts. John Wilkes Booth is a notorious criminal that killed Abraham Lincoln and hurt the Union.
(http://www.historynet.com/john-wilkes-booth)

Before I chased Booth through the day I had to do some research on his childhood. Booth had a difficult childhood that caused bad behavioral issues including the making of a murderer. Booth’s life began on May 10, 1838 in Bel Air, Maryland on a slave-run farm along with his nine siblings (http://www.biography.com/people/john-wilkes-booth-9219681#early-life).
Herbert 2
Booth’s family owned slaves in which contributed to his dislike for Abraham Lincoln. John’s father, a famous actor, was an alcoholic and intellectually unstable (http://www.historynet.com/john-wilkes-booth). He ignored his children and did not socially bond with them
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I watched behind stage as Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. He looked really angry and I saw him break his leg. The whole disaster was chaos so I followed him through his escape, hiding in bushes and trees. He would talk to his friend, David Herold, about how he was such a great hero but he didn’t understand what he had brought upon the Union. The whole event made me realize that you cannot judge someone by what they look like. When I had time I asked citizens what they thought about Booth; they all thought he was an amazing actor that was very handsome. Booth had an ugly personality as I got to meet him and even though he looked well rounded on the outside he was dark in the inside. Criminal’s personalities are much like

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