[Oschisms]

Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Pulitzer prizewinning author, is currently at work on a book about Lincoln's White House

Fiction or non-fiction?

[Pharmboy]

In it, President Lincoln wheels on his assailant and throws him off of the balcony in Ford's Theatre. As proof, Ms. Goodwin cites the fact that JW Booth broke his ankle during the aborted assault.