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American Experience

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln tracks the converging paths of the pr...

Info about American Experience

Studio(s): GBH

Originally Released: Feb 09, 2009

Genres:Biography, Documentary, History