John Wilkes Booth: By a Man Who Helped Him Escape

At the time of the Lincoln assassination, Thomas A. By the time that Jones wrote this account of having helped John Wilkes Booth escape, his assessment of Abraham Lincoln had gone through a transformation. It's an important account that fills in the days between Booth's deed and his capture and death.. But Jones was there and was part of it. Between the Monday after Abraham Lincoln was shot until the following week, Tom Jones hid John Wilkes Booth in the wilds of Maryland and then helped him get across the Potomac River to Virginia. As he tells us, the light of reason had been blinded and he now saw Lincoln as a good and great man. Jones was 45 years old and had spent the years of the American Civil War working with zeal in the Confederate cause in Southern Maryland. This is but one small piece of the drama that changed history. He primarily acted as an aid to Confederate spies moving through Charles County and helping the substantial intelligence network by moving mail

Jeffrey Brent Jones said Interesting Read after reading "Killing Lincoln". This is a short read of less than an hour. I read it because I was intrigued after reading "Killing Lincoln". I grew up in Bryantown and this book is legit Amazon Customer I grew up in Bryantown and this book is legit. You need to have lived here to understand is the real deal.. "Who is John Wilkes Booth? Do we the publice know him? Or is he just the person who shot the President?" according to The GA DAWG. Not deep reading but the guy shed a different light on some of the facts. My previous book was written by his brother Edwin. I am still searching for more facts on this person we only know as John Wilkes Booth. Now reading my third book on JW Booth.