Awww...Peanuts

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(07-07-2014 06:14 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  A while back, I was paging through Michael Kauffman's In the Footsteps of an Assassin. On page 57, in a picture caption, Mr. Kauffman describes Joseph "Peanuts" Borrows as "the young son of a local doctor". The idea that he was the son of a doctor was a new one to me. I went back to American Brutus, and throughout the book, Mr. Kauffman spells Peanuts' last name as "Borrows" as compared to the more commonly seen "Borroughs". I was not, however, able to find any reference or note in regards to a source regarding young Mr. Borrows (Borroughs?).

Does anyone know where the statement claiming Peanuts was the son of a doctor may be sourced from?

I've noticed it as well. I love that book. It is interesting that he makes this bold claim as a matter of fact in the caption for the picture when it seems highly dubious. I simply believed it as fact when I read it. Makes you wonder why he would even include it.

But, as I've learned from previous threads, better to not question Mr Kauffman.