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The day Kennedy died : 50 years later LIFE remembers the man and the moment.
Title:
The day Kennedy died : 50 years later LIFE remembers the man and the moment.
ISBN:
9781618930743
Physical Description:
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm + 1 magazine (101 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm)
General Note:
"Includes a removable reprint of the original LIFE issue [November 29, 1963]"--Cover.
Contents:
Introduction: For one brief shining moment -- Foreword: "A death in the American family" (A conversation with David McCullough) -- The Kennedys -- President Kennedy -- That day in Dallas -- Who was Oswald? -- LIFE is on the story -- The Zapruder film -- The Zapruder legacy -- "Where were you when you heard?" -- Remembering the moment, and the time -- LIFE stays on the story -- Farewell -- After a death, the birth of Camelot -- Was there a conspiracy? -- The Kennedy legacy -- Today in Dallas -- One more artifact.
Summary:
Fifty years ago, LIFE delivered an unrivaled account of the death of a President and a nation's loss of innocence. This compilation contains much of that original journalism and photojournalism, as well as recollections of those who were there and opinions on what it all meant going forward.
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