I read this in one sitting (on an airplane) and cried at the end (flying makes me emotional). Oh, Jackie! I cried for her. I was so moved to learn that she wouldn't change clothes or leave the president's body until they were home and secure. Before reading this book I often thought of Jackie as a woman betrayed by a philandering husband, but this makes me think that her marriage was loving and JFK deserved her devotion.

I also liked that this book had zero conspiracy theories, but addressed them in the epilogue.

My only real criticism of this book is how harshly Lee Harvey Oswald is treated in the text. Obviously, he was not a good person, but the author calls him a loser and points out how terrible he was as a husband, father, marine, and just generally as a person. I wonder if he could've taken a less hostile approach and done some research into whether he was mentally ill and needed help rather than pile scorn on top of scorn. I'm not saying that LHO doesn't deserve some scorn. He was a murderer. I'm just saying that parts of the book read like a screed against LHO, and I don't think that's a useful tone to take.

One more thing: Is this adapted from [b:End of Days The Assassination of John F. Kennedy|18269355|End of Days The Assassination of John F. Kennedy|James L. Swanson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1377278264s/18269355.jpg|24034708] for a younger audience? I'm not sure. ( )

Swanson presents various theories associated with John F. Kennedy’s assassination and a clear historical argument that is well-researched and rich with details. Overall, a great read! Archival photos, Bibliography, Further Reading, Index, Places to Visit, Source Notes

The story is about the assassination of JFK. His assassin was a man by the name of Lee Harvey. This book takes place in Dallas, Texas the city where JFK was shot. The problem in the story was that Lee wanted people to know him all around the world. He came up with the idea to assassinate the president because he read from one of the daily newspapers that JFK was coming to Dallas and JFK was going to pass Lee's building. The next day Harvey brought home a rifle one day and stashed it in his wife's best friend's garage. Lee's wife found the gun took one look at it and told him to leave. Oswald did, but would later come back and get the weapon. After doing so, he planned the rest of his assassination attempt. Then, on November 22, 1963, Oswald took his place in a 6th story window of the Texas School Book Depository (this was where his job was located). Around 12:30 pm, Oswald fired 4 shots over Dealey Plaza, these four shots hit JFK's head, arm, and chest. The motorcade that Kennedy was fatally wounded in raced to Parkland Hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00 pm. Oswald fled the Book Depository and ran all around Dallas trying to avoid any police. He was captured by police at a movie theater at 1:40 pm. On November 24th, the assassin was assassinated by Jack Ruby as he was being transferred to a county jail.
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I think this book is really great because it fills you with complete detail of what happened on that fateful day. Overall I think JFK would have been a great president if it wasn't for Harvey. Also this book made me sad because some crazy dude had to come out of nowhere and assassinate Kennedy. My least favorite part was when Lee killed Kennedy. ( )

Lee Harvey Oswald a father of 2 children has heard that John.F.Kennedy is coming to Dallas. Lee is going to stash his rife in his wife's friend's garage. His wife later on then sees the rifle in the garage and she tells him to leave immediately. Then on November 22 1963 Oswald took his place on the 6th story of a Texas school book depository. Then at 1230pm he shoots 4 shots and wounds jfk. Jfk is escorted to the hospital but then dies at 1:00 pm.

I like this book because it gives very detailed facts on how jfk died and why. Lee is the main person and suffers from depression and i know that is very hard so it might've been tough but he didn't have to shoot the president. Jfk didn't deserve to die he was a very good man and did great things for this country. Lee is a very bad person for shooting the president but then later on he gets shot but that's what he gets for shooting the president. Lee must've not had a good connection with his wife for her to be kicking him out. Im glad that lee didn't shoot his wife because he would've put the children in danger to. Lee was arrested but then assassinated by Jack Ruby then jack got sent to jail for assassinating the assassinator of jfk. ( )

Lee Harvey Oswald a father of 2 children has heard that John.F.Kennedy is coming to Dallas. Lee is going to stash his rife in his wife's friend's garage. His wife later on then sees the rifle in the garage and she tells him to leave immediately. Then on November 22 1963 Oswald took his place on the 6th story of a Texas school book depository. Then at 1230pm he shoots 4 shots and wounds jfk. Jfk is escorted to the hospital but then dies at 1:00 pm.

I like this book because it gives very detailed facts on how jfk died and why. Lee is the main person and suffers from depression and i know that is very hard so it might've been tough but he didn't have to shoot the president. Jfk didn't deserve to die he was a very good man and did great things for this country. Lee is a very bad person for shooting the president but then later on he gets shot but that's what he gets for shooting the president. Lee must've not had a good connection with his wife for her to be kicking him out. Im glad that lee didn't shoot his wife because he would've put the children in danger to. Lee was arrested but then assassinated by Jack Ruby then jack got sent to jail for assassinating the assassinator of jfk. ( )