The Kennedy assassination--24 hours after : Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president
2009
Book
Historian Steven Gillon tells the story of how Johnson consolidated power in the twenty-four hours following the assassination. Based on scrupulous research and new archival sources, this narrative sheds new and surprising light on one of the most written-about events of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780465018703
- 046501870X
Description: xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Other Title: Kennedy assassination--twenty-four hours after
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- "It all began so beautifully"
- "They do love this president, don't they?"
- "They're going to kill us all"
- "Dave, he's dead"
- "The condition is not good"
- "He's gone"
- "Mr. President"
- "Anybody can swear you in"
- "I have only one president"
- "I do solemnly swear"
- "There was tenseness on that plane"
- "Rufus, where's my hat?"
- "You're the men I trust the most"
- "It's getting late, Mr. President"
- "I remember the word that he used--obscene"
- "It was a gray day, fitting the occasion"
- "Honey, you stay as long as you want"
- Conclusion: In Kennedy's shadow.
LCCN: 2009031314
Control Number: 710070
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2009]Subjects: