Who did John Wilkes Booth look to for help in assassinating Lincoln ?
Nora Titone , in her book " My Thoughts Be Bloody " , recounts how the shame and ambition of Junius Brutus Booth 's three illegitimate actor sons , Junius Brutus Booth , Jr. ( who never achieved the stage stardom of his two younger actor brothers ) , Edwin Booth , and John Wilkes Booth , spurred them to strive , as rivals , for achievement and acclaim — Edwin , a Unionist , and John Wilkes , the assassin of Abraham Lincoln .