Título:
The Kennedy assassination--24 hours after : Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president / Steven M. Gillon.
ISBN:
9780465018703
Autor personal:
Información de publicación:
New York : Basic Books, [2009]
©2009
Descripción física:
xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contenido:
"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" -- "There was tenseness on that plane" -- "Rufus, where's my hat?" -- "You're the men I trust the most" -- "It's getting late, Mr. President" -- "I remember the word that he used--obscene" -- "It was a gray day, fitting the occasion" -- "Honey, you stay as long as you want" -- Conclusion: In Kennedy's shadow.
Síntesis:
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.
Término geográfico:
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn316825583
Disponibilidad:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
