“Sister was inspired by Asia Booth Clarke’s personal memoirs. Author, historical scholar and storyteller Jane Singer has masterfully imagined the family dynamics and intimate dilemmas that led to one of America’s most fateful crimes and left a sister’s life in… — Jane Singer Copy Share Image
“was held captive in my home. I should have told the soldiers who came with guns drawn and bayonets at the ready this true… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“turn towards evil had come," she wrote, after hearing her brother damn the United States and the "falsely" elected president. It was” — Jane Singer Copy Share
“plots for the destruction of the United States government. "A desperate turn towards evil had come," she wrote, after hearing her brother damn the… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“Sister was inspired by Asia Booth Clarke’s personal memoirs. Author, historical scholar and storyteller Jane Singer has masterfully imagined the family dynamics and intimate… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“husband's departure. I'd don britches and boots and ride far from this place, past the city into the woods. I'd not return 'til midnight… — Jane Singer Copy Share
“Had her brother lived to face a trial, Asia surely would have been charged, for Booth used her home as a safe house, taught… — Jane Singer Copy Share
