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 O'Reilly 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 Alan 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. This may well be the most talked about book of the year.
336 pages with black and white photographs
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Range: 5 and up |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Published: |
Jun 11, 2013 |
| Publisher: |
Henry Holt and Co. |
| Dimensions: |
7 x 9 inches (in inches) |
| ISBN: |
978-0805098020 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Your Price |
$26.99 |
| Member Price |
$21.59 |
| Your Price |
$11.96 |
| Member Price |
$9.57 |
| Your Price |
$18.00 |
| Member Price |
$14.40 |
| Your Price |
$39.99 |
| Member Price |
$31.99 |
|
|
|
|
| Please log in below to rate and review this item. |
|
|
|
|
By john r. from westmorland, CA on March 12, 2015
Format: Hardcover
Our 7 year old Grandson loves to read. He read Lincoln's book and now has two more to read. We have read all of Bill's books and hope all of our grands will read the children's books.
|
|
|
By John J. H. from PHILADELPHIA, PA on December 11, 2014
Format: Hardcover
I bought the book for my ten year old grandson and he finished reading it in a week. He asked me a lot of questions about some of the people in the book. I told him to make sure he keeps the book because it has a lot of history in it that you might not learn in school.
|
|
|
By Brooke W. from MYRTLE BEACH, SC on October 05, 2013
Format: Hardcover
I love every Bill O'Reilly book I have purchased. I cannot recommend Bill O'Reilly's books, and Kennedy's Last Days highly enough.
|
|
|
By Richard H. from CARMEL, IN on October 01, 2013
Format: Hardcover | Premium Member
Fantastic!
|
|
|
|
|
