The Death Of A President: November, 1963
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the four days that shook the world — November 20–25, 1963 — America witnessed the assassination of its 35th President, John F. Kennedy, on the streets of Dallas, Texas, an event that fractured the nation's sense of innocence and left an indelible scar on the 20th century. William Manchester's monumental work, The Death of a President, chronicles those catastrophic hours in forensic, almost unbearable detail: the motorcade, the shots, the chaos of Parkland Memorial Hospital, Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in aboard Air Force One, and the solemn, televised funeral that brought a grieving world to a standstill. Commissioned by the Kennedy family themselves and based on hundreds of interviews with eyewitnesses, Secret Service agents, and heads of state, Manchester presents a narrative of rare authority and emotional power that reads with the urgency of live reportage and the gravitas of serious history. Manchester's prose is precise yet deeply human, balancing the grand sweep of geopolitical consequence with intimate portraits of grief — Jackie Kennedy's blood-stained pink suit, Robert Kennedy's hollow-eyed silence, a nation collectively holding its breath. The Death of a President stands as one of the definitive works of American historical writing, a testament to Manchester's extraordinary gift for weaving personal testimony into an authoritative national narrative. More than a record of tragedy, it is a profound meditation on power, mortality, and the fragility of democracy — and its final pages leave the reader asking not just what happened in Dallas, but what America truly lost that November afternoon.
Author: William Manchester
Format: Paperback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the four days that shook the world — November 20–25, 1963 — America witnessed the assassination of its 35th President, John F. Kennedy, on the streets of Dallas, Texas, an event that fractured the nation's sense of innocence and left an indelible scar on the 20th century. William Manchester's monumental work, The Death of a President, chronicles those catastrophic hours in forensic, almost unbearable detail: the motorcade, the shots, the chaos of Parkland Memorial Hospital, Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in aboard Air Force One, and the solemn, televised funeral that brought a grieving world to a standstill. Commissioned by the Kennedy family themselves and based on hundreds of interviews with eyewitnesses, Secret Service agents, and heads of state, Manchester presents a narrative of rare authority and emotional power that reads with the urgency of live reportage and the gravitas of serious history. Manchester's prose is precise yet deeply human, balancing the grand sweep of geopolitical consequence with intimate portraits of grief — Jackie Kennedy's blood-stained pink suit, Robert Kennedy's hollow-eyed silence, a nation collectively holding its breath. The Death of a President stands as one of the definitive works of American historical writing, a testament to Manchester's extraordinary gift for weaving personal testimony into an authoritative national narrative. More than a record of tragedy, it is a profound meditation on power, mortality, and the fragility of democracy — and its final pages leave the reader asking not just what happened in Dallas, but what America truly lost that November afternoon.