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Author:

Gillon, Steven M.

Title:

The Kennedy assassination--24 hours after : Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president / Steven M. Gillon.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvii, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963--Assassination.
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963--Death and burial.
Johnson, Lyndon B.--(Lyndon Baines),--1908-1973.
United States--Decision making.--1963-1969--Decision making.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index.

Contents:

"It all began so beautifully" -- "They do love this president, don't they" -- "They're going to kill us all" -- "Dave, he's dead" -- "The condition is not good" -- "He's gone" -- "Mr. President" -- "Anybody can swear you in" -- "I have only one president" -- "I do solemnly swear" -- "Rufus, where's my hat" -- "I ask for your help and God's" -- "It's getting late, Mr. President" -- "It was a gray day, fitting the occasion" -- "Honey, you stay as long as you want" -- "In Kennedy's shadow".

Summary:

Historian Steven Gillon tells the story of how Johnson consolidated power in the twenty-four hours following the assassination. Based on scrupulous research and new archival sources, this narrative sheds new and surprising light on one of the most written-about events of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

046501870X (alk. paper)
9780465018703 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316825583

LCCN:

2009031314

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

P4PA104 -- Aurora Public Library (Aurora) — P4PA104

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

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