JFK Assassin and Gerald R. Ford - A Superb Collection of Books Relating To the Assassination to John F. Kennedy - SIGNED by Garrison, Ford and Oliver Stone, including Ford's Untitled JFK Project Signed

Ford, Gerald R.

Published by London Simon Schuster/Applause/New York Times 1964-1991, 1964

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A superb collection of first edition, first printing books relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Comprising: (1) Gerald R. Ford 'Portrait of the Assassin' - INSCRIBED by Ford to the half-title ('To Paul Hartunian/As sole surviving member of Warren/ Commission I fully endorse two basic/ conclusions of Commission/1) Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin/2) The Commission found no/ evidence of a conspiracy/ foreign or domestic/ Gerald R. Ford/11/8/1994'). (2) 'Report of the Warren Commission' - SIGNED without dedication to the front endpaper by Gerald Ford (Gerald R. Ford) (3) JFK - SIGNED by Oliver Stone to the title page; (4) 'Untitled JFK Project' - Typescript, SIGNED to the first page by Stone; (5) McCarry, Charles 'The Tears of Autumn' - SIGNED to bookplate on the front endpaper; (6) Sloan/Hill 'JFK - The Last Dissenting Witness' - Inscribed by BOTH authors to the title page; (7) Norman Mailer 'Oswald's Tale' - SIGNED without dedication to the front endpaper; (8) Corsi 'Who Really Killed Kennedy?' - SIGNED to bookplate on the front endpaper; (9) Gerald Posner 'Case Closed' - SIGNED to the half-title page; (10) Menninger 'Mortal Error'; (11) Jim Marrs 'Crossfire'; (12) Len Deighton 'The Assassination of President Kennedy'; (13) Don Delillo 'LIBRA' - Uncorrected Proof SIGNED by DeLillo; (14) James Ellroy 'American Tabloid' - SIGNED to the title page and L. Fletcher Prouty 'JFK'. A superb set of some of the best theories concerning one of the biggest moments of the Twentieth Century. Lyndon B. Johnson appointed House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford to a seven-member "President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy." The commission was chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren and included two Senators, two Congressmen, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the former director of the World Bank. Ford was assigned responsibility for preparing a biography of Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963), whose murder at the hands of Jack Ruby two days after he killed Kennedy left many unanswered questions. The Warren Commission interviewed more than five hundred witnesses and submitted its report to President Johnson on September 24, 1964. It concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President Kennedy. The Commission published its 889-page report in November 1964 (the second book in this collection being this), along with twenty-six volumes of supporting documents. The evidence and conclusions of the Warren Commission have been the subject of intensive review and examination, both fact-based and otherwise. Conspiracy theories abound, including accusations that Ford intentionally altered a part of the final report to support the "Single Bullet Theory," the Commission's conclusion that a single bullet fired by Oswald penetrated both President John F. Kennedy's neck and Texas Governor John Connally's torso and wrist before lodging in Connally's thigh. The conspiracy community seized upon this change as evidence that the Commission covered up the evidence of two bullets and two assassins. Three subsequent U.S. government investigations in the 1960s and 1970s agreed with the Warren Commission's conclusion that two shots fired by Oswald struck President Kennedy from the rear, and one of those shots also struck Connally. A subsequent investigation suggested that another unknown assassin fired at the President but missed; this conclusion is disputed. The 1991 Motion picture 'JFK', directed by Oliver Stone explored the last theory. Ford later remarked, "No. 1, Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin. And two, the commission found no evidence of a conspiracy, foreign or domestic. And in my judgment, there has been no new evidence that would undercut those two conclusions, Oliver Stone notwithstanding.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JFK Assassin and Gerald R. Ford - A Superb Collection of Books Relating To the Assassination to John F. Kennedy - SIGNED by Garrison, Ford and Oliver Stone, including Ford's Untitled JFK Project Signed
• Publisher: London Simon Schuster/Applause/New York Times 1964-1991
• Publication Date: 1964
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)