The Death of a President: November 20 - November 25 1963
NY: Harper and Row, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. 6.5"x9.5" 710 indexed pages. Blue cloth boards w/gilt letters to spine. Chronology for front paste downs, map of route for state funeral as rear paste downs. Jacket designed by J. Caroff Associates, from an idea by William Manchester. Photo of Manchester on back of DJ by Wide World Photo. Deckled edge. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Spine slightly fexible, light soiling to top edge of boards & DJ. Small nicks & tears to edges of DJ. Collectible - Near Fine / VeryGood. Item #13478
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. Source: Publisher.
Price: $19.95