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NOTE I am indebted to the authors of the following books,which I have steeped in at various times during the creation of this collection: American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael Kauffman (Random House, 2004). American Gothic: The Story of America’s Legendary Theatrical Family—Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth by Gene Smith (Simon and Schuster, 1992). American Ornithology by Alexander Wilson (Bradford & Inskeep, 1814). American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (Vintage, 1998). Bluegrass: A History by Neil Rosenberg (Illinois, 1985). Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound by Robert Cantwell (Illinois, 1984). The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Edward Steers Jr. (Thomas, 1983). The Fruits and Trees of Monticello: Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Horticulture by Peter J. Hatch (Virginia, 1998). The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker by Tim Gallagher (Houghton Mifflin, 2005). Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds by Christopher Cokinos (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000). In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz by Donald Marquis (LSU, 1978, 2005). Lust for Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth by Gordon Samples (McFarland, 1982). “Right or Wrong, God Judge Me”: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth, edited by John Rhodehamel and Louise Taper (Illinois, 1997). Robert Johnson, Lost and Found by Barry Lee Pearson and Bill McCulloch (Illinois, 2003 ). 109 1SMITH_pages.qxd 8/13/07 10:44 AM Page 109 ...

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