The Death of a President: November 20-November 25, 1963 - Softcover

Manchester, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316370711 ISBN 13: 9780316370714

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2013

Synopsis

William Manchester's "authoritative and powerful" account (Time) of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.


As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death.

Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective -- to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination -- is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.

About this title

About the Author:

William Manchester (1922-2004) was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion, a three-volume biography of Winston Churchill; Goodbye, Darkness; A World Lit Only by Fire; The Glory and the Dream; The Arms of Krupp; and American Caesar. He received the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.

Review:

"An authoritative, powerful account of the Dallas tragedy."―Time

"It seems not at all inconceivable that we have here an American contribution to the great literature on the death of kings."―Richard Rovere, The New Yorker

"About the book's importance as a historical document, a compelling account, an invaluable compilation of source material on one of the century's central events, there is no question."―Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316370711
• ISBN 13: 9780316370714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 736