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This Volume Provides Background, Detailed Analysis And An Account Regarding The Assassination Of U.s. President Abraham Lincoln In 1865. The Author Presents His Version Of The Lincoln Murder Conspiracy In This Work. He 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 Conspirators. The Author Explains And Corrects Common Misperceptions And Analyzes The Political Motivation Behind Booth's Plan To Unseat Lincoln. It Is A Tale As Familiar As Our History Primers: A Deranged Actor, John Wilkes Booth, Killed Abraham Lincoln In Ford's Theatre, Escaped On Foot, And Eluded Capture For Twelve Days Until He Met His Fiery End In A Virginia Tobacco Barn. In The National Hysteria That Followed, Eight Others Were Arrested And Tried; Four Of Those Were Executed, Four Imprisoned. Therein Lie All The Classic Elements Of A Great Thriller. But The Untold Tale Is Even More Fascinating. Now, In American Brutus, Michael W. Kauffman, One Of The Foremost Lincoln Assassination Authorities, Takes Familiar History To A Deeper Level, Offering An Unprecedented, Authoritative Account Of The Lincoln Murder

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Author

Kauffman, Michael W.

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375759741

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.11 / 5 (65 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14