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The Kennedy assassination--24 hours after : Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president
—Gillon, Steven M.
2009

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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]
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