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RadioWest (M-F @ 11AM & 7PM)
1:40 am
Wed December 19, 2007

12/20/07: American Brutus

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John Wilkes Booth

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Today on the program we're telling the story of John Wilkes Booth. Most everyone knows Booth as the man who killed Abraham Lincoln, but the historian Michael Kauffman says his plans were much larger than that. He planned to topple the entire Union government. Doug talks to Michael Kauffman about the background and motives of this "American Brutus."

  • This Sunday, December 23, The History Channel will premiere a two-hour program entitled The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth, based on Michael Kauffman's book, American Brutus For times and other broadcast dates, click here

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