John Wilkes Booth, “the handsomest man in America,” was the epitome of success–a famous stage actor, wildly popular, and wealthy. Yet, in April 1865, when the Confederate South surrendered to the Union North, he felt he was “a man without a country.” In Season 1, Episode 1, “John Wilkes Booth: Assassin in the Spotlight.”
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