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"Special Agent Paul Landis is in the follow-up car directly behind JFK's and is at the president's limo as soon as it stops at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is inside Trauma Room #1, where the president is pronounced dead. He is on Air Force One with the president's casket on the flight back to Washington, DC; an eyewitness to Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office. What he saw is indelibly imprinted upon his psyche. He writes and files his report....
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Adapted for children from Bill O'Reilly's best-selling historical thriller Killing Kennedy, with an unforgettable cast of characters, page-turning action, and art on every spread, Kennedy's Last Days is history that reads like a thriller.
This exciting book will captivate adults and young readers alike.
On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end of a campaign trip, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated
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Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and the deceit of Camelot. The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. 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...
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"Groundbreaking new history of the Kennedy assassination, investigative reporter and bestselling author Phil Shenon writes the ultimate inside account of what has become the most controversial murder investigation of the 20th century, the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Based on groundbreaking research, deep reporting, and unprecedented access, the book is character driven, dialogue rich, with facts and incidents that...
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New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark - and the child they may have had. Based on a real story - in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are...
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Presents an illustrated chronicle of the life and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Examines his early years, election, inauguration, and administration before turning to the days, hours, and minutes of the assassination and its aftermath. Features dozens of black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and illustrations as well as sources of further information.
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"Through the lens of their decades-long friendship and including exclusive interviews and details from previously classified documents, noted historian and New York Times bestselling author Steven M. Gillon examines John F. Kennedy Jr.'s life and legacy from before his birth to the day he died. Gillon covers the highs, the lows, and the surprising incidents, viewpoints, and relationships that John never discussed publicly, revealing the full story...
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President John F. Kennedy delivered his Report to the American People on Civil Rights on June 11, 1963, urging Congress to pass civil rights legislation. Earlier that day, President Kennedy had ordered the National Guard to escort two African-American students as they enrolled at the University of Alabama.
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In 1963 John F. Kennedy made a controversial decision that allowed American farmers to sell wheat to the grain-starved Soviet Union. The move, which was popular in America's farming communities, was criticized by some Republicans who did not support giving any form of aid to the Soviet Union.
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At a press conference in 1962, President John F. Kennedy was asked to explain the virtual "press blackout" regarding military operations in South Vietnam. President Kennedy said that secrecy was necessary to keep crucial tactical information out of the hands of the communists. Although he admitted that the United States was providing "assistance" he did not reveal that he had authorized the deployment of 8,000 U.S. troops the previous October.
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During the cold war, the Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in a constant struggle to dominate the new field of space exploration. When the United States failed to be the first superpower to launch a manned satellite into space, the moon became the focus of the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In a 1962 speech at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy defended NASA's goal, saying "We choose to go...
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Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing when she was 19 months old as the result of an infection. Keller was able to communicate with the help of her interpreter, Anne Sullivan, who spelled words on Keller's hand using a special alphabet. Keller was a prominent advocate for the disabled, as well as a committed Socialist and a supporter of the suffragist movement. Beginning with Grover Cleveland, Keller met every U.S. president that served while she...