Surratt House Museum Book

American Brutus by Michael Kauffman

It is excellent, as I suspected it would be. Every possible detail is covered and documented. The endnotes are an education in themselves. It is the best book on the subject that I have ever read. And I own a private library filled with books on the Lincoln assassination.

Laurie Verge, Director
Surratt House Museum

In American Brutus, Michael Kauffman, one of the foremost Lincoln assassination authorities, takes familiar history to a deeper level, offering an unprecedented, authoritative account of the Lincoln murder conspiracy. Working from a staggering array of archival sources and new research, Kauffman 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.

Don’t miss out. Order your copy of Michael Kauffman’s book, American Brutus, from the Surratt House Gift Shop.

Michael Kauffman is the author of numerous articles on the Lincoln assassination, and his work has appeared in Civil War Times Illustrated, The Lincoln Herald, Blue & Gray, and American Heritage as well as many leading newspapers throughout the United States. Readers of the Surratt Courier newsletter undoubtedly are familiar with his work. He is an honorary life member of the Surratt Society.

Developing and using computer databases, Michael has analyzed all of the official papers collected for the conspiracy trial in 1865 and has brought to light many interesting discoveries buried in those records. These discoveries form the basis of his new book, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies, published by Random House.

His work has been the subject of articles in the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post, and Civil War Magazine, among others. He has appeared on A&E, The History Channel, The Learning Channel, and C–SPAN, and he testified as an expert witness in the 1995 Booth Exhumation hearings in Baltimore.

Mr. Kauffman is a supervisor and technician with an international broadcast company and resides with his wife and two children in Southern Maryland.

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