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Winner of the 2001 the lincoln group of new yorks award of achievement the assassination of abraham lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. Abraham lincoln, the 16th president of the united states, was assassinated by wellknown stage actor john wilkes booth on april 14, 1865, while attending the play our american cousin at fords theatre in washington, d. This is an animatic made in 2007 using ink drawings, photoshop, and imovie. Myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president. The assassination of abraham lincoln, by edward steers jr. John wilkes booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of. Few attempts at telling a comprehensive story of the assassination of abraham lincoln succeed so well in that comprehensiveness as blood on the moon.
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