Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth

On April 14, 1865, five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth fired a single shot and changed the course of American history. His infamous deed cost him his life and brought notoriety and shame to his family-particularly his elder brother, the renowned actor Edwin Booth. From that day forward, Edwin would be known as "the brother of the man who killed President Lincoln."

In many ways, the Booth brothers were two of a kind. They were among America's finest actors, having inher…