The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth Author:Barnaby Conrad A new novel originally conceived by Sinclair Lewis and written by Barnaby Conrad, the celebrated author of 30 books. — In 1865, at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln with a derringer and plunged an entire nation into mourning. Escaping with a broken leg Booth went into hiding. Weeks later, Federal... more » troops surrounded a burning barn in Virginia and killed a limping man who resembled Booth. The body was quickly buried in a deep grave and most considered the case closed. But was it really Booth? Within months newspapers began reporting that he d been sighted in different parts of the country.
In this gripping historical thriller, veteran novelist Barnaby Conrad imagines what would have happened if America's most notorious assassin escaped to have a second life.« less