Source |
American Brutus |
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John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies |
Author |
Kauffman, Michael W. |
Coverage
Year range |
1838 - 1865 |
Surname |
Booth, Lincoln |
Subject |
Biography |
Publication information
Type |
Book |
Publisher |
Random House |
Date issued |
2004 |
Place issued |
New York |
Citation
Kauffman, Michael W. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies. (New York: Random House, 2004). |
Widely regarded now as the best and most thoroughly researched history of the Lincoln assassination. It also contains a great deal of detail about Booth's forebears and family, for the purposes of discussing the origins of Booth's beliefs.
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