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Her Brothers Were The Matinee Idols Of The 1850's Theater World; Her Father Was A Famous Shakespearean; She Wanted To Be An Actress But The Social Rules Of The Era Prevented It; Asia Booth, Sister Of John Wilkes Booth, Endured A Peculiar And Often Sad Childhood With Her Flamboyant Father, Flighty Mother And Restricted Ambitions. Her Devotion To Brother Johnnie Led Her To Aid His Anti-union Sentiments During The Civil War, And She Was Suspected Of Conspiracy In The Lincoln Assassination. Historian Jane Singer Imagines The Dreamlike Misery And Mistakes Of A Little-known Player In The Lincoln Tragedy.