The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth


Lu par Delmar H Dolbier

(4.4 stars; 15 reviews)

A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background and subsequent events. It should be noted that some statements in this contemporaneous account have since been shown to be inaccurate. Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier (4 hr 34 min)

Chapitres

Introductory 3:12 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Murder 24:06 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
Obsequies in Washington 26:04 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Murderer (1) 15:33 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Murderer (2) 20:30 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Assassin's Death (1) 13:33 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Assassin's Death (2) 22:17 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
Solution of the Conspiracy (1) 19:37 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
Solution of the Conspiracy (2) 18:22 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Detectives' Stories 23:27 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Martyr 17:59 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Trial 29:18 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
The Executions 28:36 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
Extra Mural Scenes 11:32 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier

Critiques


(3 stars)

reader has a sharp whistle sound with every S spoken.

good reading


(4 stars)

I could sit back and imagine I was listening to broadcasts of the story, although there was no recording industry let alone wireless in the Victorian period.