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

Gillon, Steven M.

Book 2009

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.

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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Assassination

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Death and burial

United States Politics and government 1963-1969 Decision making

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ISBN:

9780465018703
046501870X

Description:

xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Kennedy assassination--twenty-four hours after

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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"
"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

LCCN:

2009031314

Control Number:

710070

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