C. Wyatt Evans -- The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy
Date: Tue. July 14, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605
Program: Summer Reads for Adults
About this event:
C. Wyatt Evans will read from and discuss his illuminating and humorous book about the history of John Wilkes Booth as a romantic, doomed assassin, and the way his image held the public imagination long after his death.
Please join us for an exploration of one of history's most enigmatic (and reviled) figures--John Wilkes Booth.

