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Zusatztext "Swanson makes history read like a crime thriller! vividly re-creating the details surrounding the shooting through the perspectives of the killer! the victim! and those closest to them." Informationen zum Autor James L. Swanson (1959-2025) is the author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, which won an Edgar Award and was adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ series. His other books include Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis . Swanson served on the advisory council of the Ford's Theatre Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Campaign and was a member of the advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Klappentext Here, for the first time in decades, is a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the day President John F. Kennedy was shot, told by James Swanson, author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt , which so vividly brought the Lincoln assassination to life. In End of Days , he reveals Lee Harvey Oswald's bizarre history of violence and follows John and Jacqueline Kennedy's wildly successful swing through Texas and to their fateful Dallas motorcade ride. In the most rivet-ing account ever written about the assassin's shots, Swanson takes us to the sixth-floor Texas Book Depository window to look through Oswald's rifle sights. Swanson also re-creates the last hours of the doomed assassin and the days of national mourning for the president that followed, culminating in a funeral that united the country in a tearful farewell to the fallen commander in chief. In End of Days , Swanson combines extensive research with his unparalleled storytelling abilities to turn the events of one of the darkest days of the twentieth century into a pulse-pounding thriller that will remain the definitive popular account of the assassination for years to come. Zusammenfassung In End of Days ! James L. Swanson! the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer ! brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination—from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking aftermath that continues to reverberate in our national consciousness fifty years later. The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22! 1963! has been the subject of enduring debate! speculation! and numerous conspiracy theories! but Swanson's absorbing and complete account follows the event hour-by-hour! from the moment Lee Harvey Oswald conceived of the crime three days before its execution! to his own murder two days later at a Dallas Police precinct at the hands of Jack Ruby! a two-bit nightclub owner. Based on sweeping research never before collected so powerfully in a single volume! and illustrated with photographs! End of Days distills Kennedy's assassination into a pulse-pounding thriller that is sure to become the definitive popular account of this historic crime for years to come. ...
