CSPAN3 June 2, 2012
her book "my thoughts be bloody." the author examining the relationship between john wilkes booth and his older brother edwin. it's an hour. good evening. the scene in ford's theater on april 14, 1865 is stamped in national memory. there was the gunshot. the actor jumping from balcony to stage, slashing a knife before the footlights. lincoln fatally hit, slumped in a chair. rage. the union victory. and hatred for lincoln drove john wilkes booth to pull the trigger. this story has been told many times. but there is more to the story of john wilkes booth and the assassination of linc...