The Death of a President: November 20-November 25 - Hardcover

Manchester, William Raymond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883659565 ISBN 13: 9780883659564

Publisher: Bbs Pub Corp, 1996

Synopsis

The author of the bestsellers American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 and The Last Lion offers a compelling account of President John F. Kennedy's last six days--the only record authorized by the Kennedy family--written with remarkable detail and immediacy, and with an intimacy that is unparalleled in the literature.

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: Bbs Pub Corp
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0883659565
• ISBN 13: 9780883659564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 736