Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series) - Softcover

O'Reilly, Bill; Dugard, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250092337 ISBN 13: 9781250092335

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2016

Synopsis

The New York Times #1 Bestseller

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.

The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK.

More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy―and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.

In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Allen Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.

The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will profoundly move the reader.

About this title

About the Authors

BILL O’REILLY is a trailblazing television journalist and the author of twenty #1 New York Times bestsellers, including the twelve books in the Killing series of narrative histories, as well as Confronting the Presidents and Confronting Evil. He lives on Long Island, New York.

MARTIN DUGARD is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history, among them the Killing series, Into Africa, and Taking Paris. He and his wife live in Southern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250092337
• ISBN 13: 9781250092335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336