Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story Of Edwin Booth And John Wilkes Booth - Tapa dura

"The writing is engaging and eminently readable...consummate storytelling. What a story! This is nonfiction at its finest." SLJ, starred

"[A] dual biography by a master of the art...Giblin weaves high drama." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"ÝA¨ dual biography by a master of the art...Giblin weaves high drama." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"Giblin raises his biographical curtain....opens a wealth of avenues for further reading...put[s] faces to the history." HORN BOOK

"Giblin is brilliant...breathtaking clarity...readers will be engrossed until the very last footnote." BOOKLIST, starred review
Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"Giblin raises his biographical curtain....opens a wealth of avenues for further reading...put[s] faces to the history." HORN BOOK Horn Book
"The writing is engaging and eminently readable...consummate storytelling. What a story! This is nonfiction at its finest." SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred
"Compelling...fascinating biography of brothers during a time of war....readable and interesting." KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"[A] dual biography by a master of the art...Giblin weaves high drama." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD The Washington Post
"Giblin...offers a particularly poignant picture...relates the fraternal saga with verve as well as diligence." BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

* "Giblin is brilliant . . . breathtaking clarity . . . readers will be engrossed until the very last footnote."" Booklist, ""s"tarred review "Giblin raises his biographical curtain . . . opens a wealth of avenues for further reading . . . put[s] faces to the history."" Horn Book" * "The writing is engaging and eminently readable . . . consummate storytelling. What a story! This is nonfiction at its finest."" School Library Journal, "starred review * "Compelling . . . fascinating biography of brothers during a time of war . . . readable and interesting."" Kirkus Reviews, "starred review "[A] dual biography by a master of the art . . . Giblin weaves high drama."" The Washington Post Book World" "[Giblin] offers a particularly poignant picture . . . relates the fraternal saga with verve as well as diligence."" Bulletin" "

Through a review of their family and an examination of their political ideology, a biography presents a look at two brothers who stood on opposing sides during the Civil War and how one, John Wilkes Booth, became the infamous assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.