First published 2013
It's November 1963. President John F. Kennedy faces a nation on edge, torn by Cold War tensions and civil unrest. As he travels to Dallas, a lone gunman plots his assassination. This gripping account follows the final hours of Camelot, from the president's last public appearances to the tragic events in Dealey Plaza. Through it all, the man behind the trigger, Lee Harvey Oswald, emerges as a chilling and complex figure. Kennedy's Last Days is a riveting chronicle of a pivotal moment that changed America forever.
Genres: biography, history, 20th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: chilling-complex-figure, pivotal-moment
Period: 1963
336 pages · Hardcover · Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)