President Kennedy's Killer and the America He Left Behind: The Assassin, the Crime, and the End of a Hopeful Vision in Chaotic Times
President Kennedy's Killer and the America He Left Behind: The Assassin, the Crime, and the End of a Hopeful Vision in Chaotic Times
Select a format:
Paperback ©2018--
To purchase this item, you must first login or register for a new account.
Compass Point
Just the Series: Assassins' America   

Series and Publisher: Assassins' America   

Annotation: Discusses the assassination of John Kennedy, describing his early life and rise to the presidency, the life and possible motives of the assassin, and the effect that the assassination had on the country.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #505040
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Compass Point
Copyright Date: 2018
Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 01/01/18
Pages: 64 pages
ISBN: 0-7565-5717-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-7565-5717-1
Dewey: 920
LCCN: 2017042671
Dimensions: 1920 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

With lively, narrative-driven text and plenty of primary source material neatly woven through, these entries in the Assassins' America series profile presidents and their assassins, offer illuminating context, and consider how those assassinations affected the trajectory of U.S. history. In President Kennedy's Killer, the author focuses primarily on JFK's diplomacy and the Cuban missile crisis, steering clear of the murky waters surrounding our youngest president's notoriously fraught personal life. Engagingly written with an emphasis on high drama and characterization, these will definitely appeal to readers who favor fiction, though they'll come away with plenty of facts at the same time.

Reviewing Agencies: - Find Other Reviewed Titles
ALA Booklist (Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62) and index.
Word Count: 8,918
Reading Level: 7.0
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 7.0 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 193395 / grade: Middle Grades
Lexile: 1010L

President John F. Kennedy was riding in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas, when a gunman fired from a nearby building. Stunned onlookers ran for cover, and the president's driver sped toward a hospital. The young president could not survive his terrible wounds, meaning Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson would take his place. Police quickly tracked down Kennedy's killer, but the man's troubling background and puzzling behavior raised questions that seemed impossible to answer. Although Kennedy's life had been cut short, his presidency changed the country in ways still felt today.


*Prices subject to change without notice and listed in US dollars.
Perma-Bound bindings are unconditionally guaranteed (excludes textbook rebinding).
Paperbacks are not guaranteed.
Please Note: All Digital Material Sales Final.