Most people know that Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, but who shot John Wilkes Booth? It was Thomas Boston Corbett, who went mad instead of finding fame and fortune. We know about the great men whose actions changed the course of history, but what about the people whose actions affected those men? This is their book. Offbeat and engaging, The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Linc oln reveals the stories of forty-five of history's most significant but little-known game-changers, including: Edwin Booth, who saved the life of Richard Todd Lincoln, Abe's first son, nine months before his brother assassinated the president The man who betrayed Anne Frank's family to the Gestapo and collected blackmail from her father during and after the war The Hollywood action star who founded what became the Navy SEALs Hermann Goering's younger brother, who used the power of his name to save countless Jews A world-famous screen actress, who slept with both Hitler and Mussolini and who later patented radio-guided torpedo technology If you think you know your history, think again.