{"product_id":"end-of-days-the-assassination-of-john-f-kennedy-isbn-9780062278425","title":"End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/em\u003e, James L. Swanson, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eManhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on sweeping research never before collected so powerfully in a single volume, and illustrated with photographs, \u003cem\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eHere, 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eManhunt\u003c\/em\u003e, which so vividly brought the Lincoln assassination to life. In \u003cem\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“It’s a daunting task for an author to take on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and tell us something we don’t know, much less make us see something in a way we hadn’t already over the past 50 years. Yet James Swanson accomplishes both. \u003ci\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003efresh, modern contribution to the literature about one of the most heartbreaking crimes in history.\u003c\/b\u003e” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh, modern contribution to the literature about one of the most heartbreaking crimes in history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With a gift for storytelling, an ability to juxtapose events in the lives of killer and victim and an eye for the revelatory detail, Swanson offers a gripping account... the energy and devotion he brings to this endeavor rekindles the emotions of a half-century ago...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A crisp, readable recital of the events surrounding the run-up to Nov. 22 and the aftermath.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eHISTORY AS TRUE-CRIME STORY.\u003c\/b\u003e As he did in his bestselling \u003ci\u003eManhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer\u003c\/i\u003e, Swanson combines stellar research with a brisk, transporting narrative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashingtonian Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEnd of Days\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a thriller while providing meticulous detail--the true-crime counterpart to Don DeLillo’s masterful, speculative novelization, \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmnivoracious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absorbing and fast-paced.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Ko, author of The Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Skillful... 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