"The president has been shot!" the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Recounts the 35th president's assassination and details key events while sharing informative back matter and archival photographs.

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Main Author: Swanson, James L., 1959-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Recounts the 35th president's assassination and details key events while sharing informative back matter and archival photographs.
Physical Description:xi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780545490078 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0545490073 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:James L.Swanson is the Edgar Award winning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. In 2009 in Newsweek magazine, Patricia Cornwell named Swanson's Manhunt and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood as the two best nonfiction crime books ever.

In 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine named Manhunt one of the ten best books of the year. Swanson has degrees in history from The University of Chicago, where he was a student of John Hope Franklin, and law from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C., including at the United States Department of Justice. He serves on the advisory council of the Ford's Theatre Society.

His other books include the acclaimed photographic history Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution, as well as Chasing Lincoln's Killer, and adaptations of Manhunt and Bloody Crimes for young readers. In 2014 his title, The President Has Been Shot!: The Assasination of Joh F. Kennedy, made The New York Times Best Seller List. James L. Swanson was born on Lincoln's birthday.

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