Book cover for The Day Kennedy Was Shot by Jim Bishop

The Day Kennedy Was Shot

2013 Released
739 Pages
15-16 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
Harper PerennialISBN 9780062319937

This minute-by-minute account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination captures the action, mystery, and drama that unfolded on November twenty-two, 1963. Author Jim Bishop's trademark moment-by-moment suspenseful storytelling drives this account of an unforgettable day in American history. His retelling tracks all of the major and minor characters—JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Jackie, and more—illuminating a human drama that many readers believe they know well. "To Mr. Bishop's credit, he arranges material clearly, he appears to have studied every source of information available, and he declines to make any melodramatic assumptions about missing bullets or multiple assassins." —The Atlantic "That metronome of public disasters tick-tocking through some 600 pages in the carpe diem documentary technique which Mr. Bishop handles so capably." —Kirkus Reviews

Jim Bishop

Jim Bishop was a syndicated columnist and author of many bestselling books, including The Day Lincoln Was Shot, The Day Christ Died, and A Day in the Life of President Kennedy. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bishop died in 1987.

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