Four Days: The Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy

New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1993. Reprint edition. First printing [stated]/. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Quarto. 143, [1] pages. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Appendix. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Introduction by Bruce Catton. An account of the death of President Kennedy. Told through words and photographs. Compiled by the United Press International and the American Heritage Magazine. This book, now a classic, was republished on the thirtieth anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. It contains all the pictures and words of the original edition, including a preface the by historian Bruce Catton and the Pulitzer Prize-winning eyewitness account by Merriman Smith, White House reporter for United Press International Here is a full presentation of the incredible events that affected the nation and the world as few incidents have done in the memory of men., John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was riding with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie when he was fatally shot. Governor Connally was seriously wounded in the attack. The motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where President Kennedy was pronounced dead about thirty minutes after the shooting; Connally recovered from his injuries. Former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested by the Dallas Police Department 70 minutes after the initial shooting. Oswald was charged under Texas state law with the murder of Kennedy as well as that of Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit, who had been fatally shot a short time after the assassination. At 11:21 a.m. Sunday, November 24, 1963, as live television cameras covered his transfer to the Dallas County Jail, Oswald was fatally shot in Dallas Police Headquarters by Jack Ruby.