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1 online resource (1 audio file (1320 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Performer |
Narrated by Nelson Runger. |
Summary |
In American Brutus, popular historian Michael W. Kauffman delivers a history that reads more like a best-selling novel. This definitive masterwork dispels commonly held myths and reveals the truth about John Wilkes Booth. Luring Southern sympathizers into a "noble" presidential kidnapping, Booth stunned his puzzled pawns by murdering Lincoln. From Booth's early life and acting career to his escape and death, this meticulously researched book re-examines it all using a wealth of primary sources. "Kauffman . offers a beautifully written, exhaustive and well-reasoned reassessment of . Booth and the murder of [Lincoln]."-Publishers Weekly |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
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Added Author |
Runger, Nelson. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781490648811 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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149064881X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT13535706 |
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