Murder in the Making; How John Wilkes Booth staged his tragedy of revenge.(American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the incoln Conspiracies)(Book Review) From: Newsweek | Date: December 13, 2004| Author: Gates, David | COPYRIGHT 2004 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: David Gates

When Abraham Lincoln delivered his second Inaugural Address--"With malice toward none; with charity for all"--the man who would assassinate him six weeks later "was even then standing just a few feet away." Or so Michael W. Kauffman writes in "American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies." It makes a snappy chapter ending, but is it true? Booth claimed he was there, but, as the book amply demonstrates, he was a liar, and Kauffman's...