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Chasing Lincolns Killer

#17 For this book talk I am going to give three characters I would not want to get to know and why. I choose John Wilkes Booth,David Herold,and George Atzerodt. The reasons will soon be explained in the following paragraphs. Just to be clear these three people were killed or thrown in a cell the day of what they planned.

John Wilkes Booth is the main man of this horrendous act. He himself shot and killed our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The reason is clear on why I would not want to meet this man. I mean come on Mr. Lincoln was the best man. John killed Lincoln because Abe stopped slavery. Oh and when I say John did not like idea he did not like it one bit.

Johns right hand man is David Herold. He

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