Izola

John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor and leading man. Women adored him until he shot Lincoln. Izola was his only lover that remained true to him, and she helped him leave the country. Circumstances forced their separation and Izola returned to the United States, but her problems didn’t end. She couldn’t allow anyone to know she helped Lincoln’s killer.
She began changing names, dates, and locations in all her writings and documents. Anything associated with John Wilkes Booth she successfully removed or altered. She was so good at covering her tracks that no one has ever heard of her. This writer is telling her story for the first time.