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Good brother, bad brother

the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
2017
Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
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Good brother, bad brother

the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, two brothers and accomplished actors, who held opposing views politically and one of who shot Abraham Lincoln.

The Booth brothers

drama, fame, and the death of President Lincoln
2018
Looks at the beliefs of John Wilkes and Edwin Booth and how they disagreed about slavery, the Civil War, and the virtues of President Lincoln.

Rochester knockings

a novel of the Fox sisters
Living in a reputedly haunted house outside of Rochester, NY, the Fox sisters one day communicated with the spirit of a murder victim. This event led to the rise of the Spiritualism Movement which found the Fox sisters performing seances in front of hundreds. A historical fiction novel based on the rise and fall of the most famous mediums of the nineteenth century.

Talking to the dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism
2005
Examines the lives and works of Kate and Maggie Fox, two women who became famous for their ability to communicate with spirits and who are generally credited with giving rise to the popularity of modern spirituality.

We hear the dead

2010
A historical romance that tells the true story of the infamous Fox sisters, who invented the seance in 1948.

Talking to the dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism
2004

The girls who talked to ghosts

the story of Katie and Margaretta Fox
1979
A biography, with emphasis on the early years, of the Fox sisters who claimed to communicate with ghosts. Their experiences led to the founding of the Spiritualist movement.

Captivity

2010
A historical novel containing two stories about the Fox sisters in upstate New York who, in 1848, became the founders of the "American Spiritualists," a religious movement whereby its members communicate with the dead.

Booth's daughter

2007
In nineteenth-century New York City, Edwina, daughter of the famous actor Edwin Booth and niece of John Wilkes Booth, finds it difficult to escape the family tragedy and to meet the needs of a demanding father while maintaining her independence.

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