The Death of a President: November 1963 - Hardcover

Manchester, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060551364 ISBN 13: 9780060551360

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1967

Synopsis

William Manchester's epic and definitive account 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 an award-winning American author, biographer, and historian and a professor emeritus of history at Wesleyan University. Among his many New York Times bestselling books are: 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:

''A work of love, even passion . . . Mr. Manchester's final telling of the death of Kennedy is most moving.'' --Gore Vidal

''[An] articulately organized and utterly compelling compilation.'' --New York Times

''Mr. Manchester matches the dislocation and identification which almost everyone experienced during the tragic events of that long weekend. Inescapably.'' --Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0060551364
• ISBN 13: 9780060551360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 710