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John Wilkes Booth was born the ninth of ten children on August twenty sixth, eighteen thirty-five following in his family’s foot steps, he was destine for the stage. “Booth from an early age sought out fame, and his brooding good looks and energetic presence made him a popular matinee idol” (True Crime: Assassinations, page 52). When civil war broke out in 1861, Booth decided not to fight; but he remained loyal to the South. Booth’s hatred of Abraham Lincoln grew as the south lost each battle. Booth be