The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister
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The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister is a posthumously published memoir by Asia Booth Clarke offering an intimate, firsthand portrait of her brother, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister canonical | 2 |
| The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5402598 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister Context triple: [Asia Booth Clarke, notableWork, The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister]
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A.
Autobiography of Shelby M. Cullom
Autobiography of Shelby M. Cullom is the personal memoir of American politician Shelby Moore Cullom, recounting his long career in Illinois and national politics.
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B.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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C.
Lincoln the Unknown
"Lincoln the Unknown" is a biographical book by Dale Carnegie that offers an accessible, narrative-driven portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s personal struggles and character development.
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D.
The Boy Lincoln
The Boy Lincoln is a painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts Abraham Lincoln’s humble frontier youth, emphasizing his rise from modest beginnings.
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E.
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln is a foundational 19th-century biography of Abraham Lincoln, based on the recollections and research of his former law partner William Herndon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister Target entity description: The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister is a posthumously published memoir by Asia Booth Clarke offering an intimate, firsthand portrait of her brother, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Autobiography of Shelby M. Cullom
Autobiography of Shelby M. Cullom is the personal memoir of American politician Shelby Moore Cullom, recounting his long career in Illinois and national politics.
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B.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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C.
Lincoln the Unknown
"Lincoln the Unknown" is a biographical book by Dale Carnegie that offers an accessible, narrative-driven portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s personal struggles and character development.
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D.
The Boy Lincoln
The Boy Lincoln is a painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts Abraham Lincoln’s humble frontier youth, emphasizing his rise from modest beginnings.
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E.
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln is a foundational 19th-century biography of Abraham Lincoln, based on the recollections and research of his former law partner William Herndon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
American theatre in the 19th century
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Booth family dynamics ⓘ context of Lincoln assassination ⓘ personal background of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| author | Asia Booth Clarke ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| documents |
Booth family relationships
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personal traits of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ reactions to Lincoln assassination within Booth family ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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historical memoir ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalPerspective |
critical of John Wilkes Booth’s actions
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sympathetic to family ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
American Civil War era
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Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in Abraham Lincoln
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readers interested in John Wilkes Booth ⓘ readers of American history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
Booth family
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John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| provides |
firsthand account of Booth family life
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intimate portrait of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ personal recollections of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| relationshipBetweenAuthorAndSubject | sister-brother ⓘ |
| sourceType |
family memoir
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primary source on John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| subjectOccupationDescribed | actor ⓘ |
| subjectRoleDescribed | assassin of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| workType | posthumously published work ⓘ |
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Subject: The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister Description of subject: The Unlocked Book: A Memoir of John Wilkes Booth by His Sister is a posthumously published memoir by Asia Booth Clarke offering an intimate, firsthand portrait of her brother, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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