In the Houses of Their Dead

In the 1820s American wilderness, two unknown families worked on farms, unknowingly crossing paths in history when John Wilkes Booth, son of one family, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, son of the other. Terry Alford’s "In the Houses of Their Dead" explores Lincoln's fascination with Spiritualism and its intriguing connection to Booth, revealing how both men engaged with mediums and the supernatural in a period marked by personal tragedy. The book highlights Lincoln's superstitious side and the eerie parallels linking the two families, culminating in a foretelling of the tragedy to come.