J. Wilkes Booth

J. Wilkes Booth: An Account of His Sojourn... , first published in 1893, is the straight-forward account of the doomed escape of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book was written by Thomas Jones, a Confederate agent who helped Booth evade the authorities for five days by hiding the assassin near his house in Maryland. Illustrated with 18 pen and ink illustrations.