Kauffman Unlocks One of America's Great Mysteries

From: Portland Skanner | Date: November 10, 2004 | Copyright information

Portland Skanner
11-10-2004
New light is shed on a dark chapter in American history with "American
Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies" (Random House,
$29.95), by Michael W. Kauffman, one of the foremost Lincoln assassination
authorities and political historian.

Working from an impressive array of archival sources and new research,
Kauffman sheds new light on the background and motives of John Wilkes
Booth, the mechanics of his plot to topple the Union government and the
trials and fates of the eight other conspirators.

Piece by piece, Kauffman explains and corrects common ...

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