Asia Booth Clarke
Asia Booth Clarke | |
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Born | Asia Frigga Booth November 19, 1835 |
Died | May 16, 1888 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England | (aged 52)
Occupations | |
Spouse |
Edwin Thomas Booth (brother) |
Family | Booth family |
Asia Frigga Booth Clarke (November 19, 1835 – May 16, 1888) was a 19th-century American writer.
Early years
Asia Frigga Booth was the eighth in
Career
On April 28, 1859, Booth married
Because the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 was committed by her brother, John Wilkes Booth, she and her husband emigrated to England, where they stayed until the end of their lives. Asia became a poet and writer, and through her work some insight was gained into the lives of the Booths, particularly John Wilkes. The Unlocked Book: John Wilkes Booth, a Sister's Memoir was written in 1874, but she kept its existence secret, fearing it would upset her husband. He had been imprisoned and forced to testify at the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators' trials, because of his family connection.[clarification needed][1]: 23–24
The memoir was published in 1938 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, when her heirs felt the public would be receptive. It was re-edited and republished in 1996 as John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir.[1]: 25–26 Her other family memoirs, which she was able to publish during her lifetime, focused on the acting careers of her father and her brother Edwin Booth. The first, titled Booth memorials: Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the Elder) by His Daughter, was published in December 1865, within a year of Lincoln's assassination.[3]
Asia Booth Clarke is buried in the family plot at
Selected works
- The Unlocked Book: John Wilkes Booth, a Sister's Memoir. 1938.[4][5][6]
- Personal Recollections of the Elder Booth. privately printed. 1902.
- The Elder and the Younger Booth. Boston: J.R. Osgood. 1881.[7]
- Booth Memorials: Passages, Incidents, and Anecdotes in the Life of Junius Brutus Booth (the Elder.). New York: Carleton. 1866.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-87805-883-4.
- ^ Giblin, James Cross (2005). Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Clarion Books. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Dave (June 17, 2014). "Asia Frigga Booth Clarke Pictures". The Boothie Barn. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ "A Sister's Memoir of John Wilkes Booth". The New York Times. September 18, 1938. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Williams, Paige. "The Closest Source We Have to Really Knowing John Wilkes Booth Is His Sister". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Object Details: John Wilkes Booth : a sister's memoir / by Asia Booth Clarke ; edited and with an introduction by Terry Alford". Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ The Elder and the Younger Booth. Boston: J.R. Osgood. 1881.