Reviews
Advance praise for "American Brutus "In this definitive reinvestigation of the Lincoln assassination, Michael Kauffman has at long last captured the real John Wilkes Booth. Writing with confidence and clarity, Kauffman masterfully cuts through the thicket of conflicting rumors, false stories, and wrong assumptions, that have corrupted many earlier studies. "American Brutus is simply the most comprehensive and credible account ever published about the Lincoln assassination. By unmasking Booth's real motivation while meticulously stripping away a century of accumulated folklore, Kauffman unlocks the mystery of why Lincoln was killed." -GERALD POSNER, author of "Case Closed and "Why America Slept "In this gripping, often surprising reexamination of America's most notorious crime, Michael W. Kauffman rescues the Lincoln assassination from the historical waxworks. Combining exhaustive research, computer technology, and a compulsively readable style, Kauffman clears away more than a century of misconceptions. This Booth is a greater actor, and a more cunning monster, than we ever imagined." -RICHARD NORTON SMITH, executive director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum "From the Hardcover edition., Advance praise forAmerican Brutus "In this definitive reinvestigation of the Lincoln assassination, Michael Kauffman has at long last captured the real John Wilkes Booth. Writing with confidence and clarity, Kauffman masterfully cuts through the thicket of conflicting rumors, false stories, and wrong assumptions, that have corrupted many earlier studies.American Brutusis simply the most comprehensive and credible account ever published about the Lincoln assassination. By unmasking Booth's real motivation while meticulously stripping away a century of accumulated folklore, Kauffman unlocks the mystery of why Lincoln was killed." GERALD POSNER, author ofCase ClosedandWhy America Slept "In this gripping, often surprising reexamination of America's most notorious crime, Michael W. Kauffman rescues the Lincoln assassination from the historical waxworks. Combining exhaustive research, computer technology, and a compulsively readable style, Kauffman clears away more than a century of misconceptions. This Booth is a greater actor, and a more cunning monster, than we ever imagined." RICHARD NORTON SMITH, executive director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum From the Hardcover edition., Advance praise for American Brutus "In this definitive reinvestigation of the Lincoln assassination, Michael Kauffman has at long last captured the real John Wilkes Booth. Writing with confidence and clarity, Kauffman masterfully cuts through the thicket of conflicting rumors, false stories, and wrong assumptions, that have corrupted many earlier studies. American Brutus is simply the most comprehensive and credible account ever published about the Lincoln assassination. By unmasking Booth's real motivation while meticulously stripping away a century of accumulated folklore, Kauffman unlocks the mystery of why Lincoln was killed." GERALD POSNER, author of Case Closed and Why America Slept "In this gripping, often surprising reexamination of America's most notorious crime, Michael W. Kauffman rescues the Lincoln assassination from the historical waxworks. Combining exhaustive research, computer technology, and a compulsively readable style, Kauffman clears away more than a century of misconceptions. This Booth is a greater actor, and a more cunning monster, than we ever imagined." RICHARD NORTON SMITH, executive director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum From the Hardcover edition., Advance praise for "American Brutus" "In this definitive reinvestigation of the Lincoln assassination, Michael Kauffman has at long last captured the real John Wilkes Booth. Writing with confidence and clarity, Kauffman masterfully cuts through the thicket of conflicting rumors, false stories, and wrong assumptions, that have corrupted many earlier studies. "American Brutus" is simply the most comprehensive and credible account ever published about the Lincoln assassination. By unmasking Booth's real motivation while meticulously stripping away a century of accumulated folklore, Kauffman unlocks the mystery of why Lincoln was killed." -GERALD POSNER, author of "Case Closed "and "Why America Slept" "In this gripping, often surprising reexamination of America's most notorious crime, Michael W. Kauffman rescues the Lincoln assassination from the historical waxworks. Combining exhaustive research, computer technology, and a compulsively readable style, Kauffman clears away more than a century of misconceptions. This Booth is a greater actor, and a more cunning monster, than we ever imagined." -RICHARD NORTON SMITH, executive director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum "From the Hardcover edition."
