Source:Kauffman, Michael W. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies

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Source American Brutus
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.