American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies From: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Marvel, William | Copyright Virginia Historical Society 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies * Michael W. Kauffman * New York: Random House, 2004 * xvi, 508 pp. * $29.95

American Brutus emerges as a solid candidate for the best book about the American Civil War published in 2004. Michael Kauffman has devoted a quarter of a century to the subject of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth, and the trial of his real and alleged accomplices, developing an astounding familiarity with the myri...

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