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American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln conspiracies / Michael W. Kauffman.

Record details

  • ISBN: 037550785X
  • ISBN: 9780375507854
  • Physical Description: xvi, 508 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2004]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-488) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
By God, then, is John Booth crazy? -- It all seems a dream-a wild dream -- The President's case is hopeless -- Arrest every man, woman, or child attempting to pass -- A singular combination of gravity and joy -- He wanted to be loved of the southern people -- The man of genius in the Booth family -- My profession, my name, is my passport -- I have a greater speculation ... they won't laugh at -- You can be the leader ... but not my executioner -- There is going to be some splendid acting tonight -- Sic semper tyrannis! -- I believe he would have murdered us, every one -- Let the stain of innocent blood be removed from the land -- I must fight the course -- These people around here contradict each other so much -- Nothing short of a miracle can save their lives.
Subject: Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination.

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