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Swanson, James L.
End of days :
the assassination of John F. Kennedy /
James L. Swanson.
First Edition.
New York :
William Morrow,
[2013]
©2013.
xiv, 398 pages :
illustrations, map ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliography (pages 305-319) and index.
Prologue -- "Such dangerous toys" -- "The glow from that fire" -- "Show these Texans what good taste really is" -- "A bright pink suit" -- "Somebody is shooting at the President" -- "They've shot his head off" -- "I haven't shot anybody" -- "We had a hero for a friend" -- "Lee Oswald has been shot!" -- "One brief shining moment" -- Epilogue: "All his bright light gone from the world".
Presents a complete account of the day Kennedy was killed, following the event hour-by-hour, from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza to the shocking aftermath.
20131211.
Kennedy, John F
(John Fitzgerald),
1917-1963
Assassination.
Oswald, Lee Harvey.