In a time when brother was pitted against brother, no family was more divided than the Booths.
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Jun 12, 2010
Matthew
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I'm a little surprised at all the negative and ho-hum reviews people have given this title. Admittedly I'm a bit of a Booth fan. Ok, fan may not be the right word. I'm fascinated by the man, and have been ever since I had a job at the box office at Ford's Theatre so I tend to pick up everything I run across on him. That this is a graphic novel only made it more appealing to me.
The book basically charts the main lines of Booth's life from early childhood up to the assasination, high More...
The book basically charts the main lines of Booth's life from early childhood up to the assasination, high More...
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Sep 25, 2010
Emily
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I don't really like when a nonfiction book takes a lot of filling-in-the-blank liberties with the unknowable moments, dialogue, emotions, etc of a historical event. However, Booth does not claim to be nonfiction and Colbert's take on Booth is quite how I imagined him. The sequence of Lincoln's assassination was fragmentary and dreamlike; I found it very effective and got a little teary-eyed. Sometimes I get a bit lost in graphic novels when i feel that the characters are not all clearly disti
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Jun 16, 2010
David
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Excellent graphic novel about the last couple of years of John Wilkes Booth and his divided family, (Edwin Booth was for the Union and Wilkes for the Confederacy) and the tortured, wretched soul that was too afraid to join the army to fight but preferred back-room scheming to kidnap or kill Lincoln. Can be read in an hour or so, and it is surprisingly how small the Washington social world of the Civil War was, (Booth fell in love with the daughter of New Hampshire Senator Hale and actually met
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Jan 25, 2012
Deborah
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I'm on the fence on this one. It's historical fiction which I LOVE, it's a subject I found fascinating, with the Civil War in the background, so passionate a subject it even divided families, and the life of John Wilkes Booth, at odds with his own family because of his heartfelt beliefs. I actually loved the writing, starting with chapter dividers which relayed in beautiful script what was about to transpire. Booth was part of a famous acting family, but lingered in the shadow of his drunkard
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Oct 10, 2011
Alex
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C. C. Colbert has been an American history teacher and has published over twenty books on the subject. Acknowledging the changing times, she has now written an in-depth graphic novel on John Wilkes Booth, illustrated by the French bande desinée (graphic novel) artist, Tanitoc. In her author’s note, Colbert admits it is historical fiction, but tells the reader she did the research and is keeping it as accurate as possible. The art style has a grainy, sketchy look, making it seem like somethin
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Oct 12, 2011
Eli
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In her 20+ years as a historian and academician, C.C. Colbert must've had it drilled into her countless times: historians do not assign motive and emotion to historical figures. Alas, motive and emotion are fiction's fuel. So even though I now know a lot more about John Wilkes Booth's side of events leading up to his assassination of Abraham Lincoln, I still don't know much about why he did what he did and how he felt about it. Still a nicer way to get a quick dose of history than most tomes out
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Sep 25, 2010
Joant
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C'mon. I should be able to tell characters apart in a graphic novel. Here the art was so indistinct I often could not tell who was who. I was sort of shocked by such seemingly careless art. If that style was supposed to convey insight it escaped me. And was that sex scene really needed? I got the point without the graphics, and young teens would have too. Too bad, because the story itself was interesting; I enjoyed the Edwin Booth part especially.
Jun 03, 2010
Rosalia
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This is a case of I really wanted to like this book but just couldn't get into it. The premise was really interesting but I just couldn't keep characters straight (because of the drawings, not the actions) and I guess too much was left out for me. Art style was all done in sepia tones which seemed extremely fitting.
Jun 25, 2010
Joy
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Ho-hum graphic novel biography of John Wilkes Booth. The artwork was a little sloppy, and a little too dependent on its character color coding to distinguish characters, and I'm not convinced that it has real teen appeal.
Nov 17, 2009
Oh gaudy victorian-ness. How I love you so! This book could also be called "Booth is a ladies man...but yeah, still a big jerk."
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Jun 17, 2010
Jim
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not fond of the art, reminds me of heavily inked comic strip art from the early twentieth century.
Dec 30, 2010
Ethan
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Hard to follow and drawings made it hard to distinguish who each character was.
Jun 09, 2010
Tiny
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Unfortunately, I found the pacing sluggish, the artwork to be meh, and was not sure about its teen appeal. I've had a couple of GGN meetings with my teens where they get to pick which titles to read and review and so far only one has chosen this title.
Apr 22, 2011
Jennifer
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A graphic novel retelling of Booth's life and assassination of Lincoln. Compelling and an interesting way to present the events. There is some profanity and nudity in the illustrations.
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