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The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 Audiobook
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination. Through hundreds of interviews, extensive travel, and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective—to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination—is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.
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“The book is astounding in its revelations, notonly of affairs of state at the highest levels of power but also in its uniquex-raying of a national disaster pursued by the author to its tiniest andultimate reverberation. In this reviewer’s experience there has never beforebeen a book like this.”
— Saturday Review
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“A work of considerable fascination…it is startlingly evocative.”
— Thomas Mallon, New York Times bestselling author -
“William Manchester is a gifted and conscientious writer.”
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author -
“It tells you what happened, and it tells you how it felt while it was happening.”
— Jerzy Kozinski, National Book Award–winning author -
“An extraordinarily impressive, fascinating, and absorbing piece of work.”
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“An authoritative, powerful account of the Dallas tragedy.”
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“It seems not at all inconceivable that we have here an American contribution to the great literature on the death of kings.”
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“A work of love, even passion…Mr. Manchester’s final telling of the death of Kennedy is most moving.”
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“This is a great piece of writing.”
— Bill Paxton -
“Mr. Manchester matches the dislocation and identification which almost everyone experienced during the tragic events of that long weekend. Inescapably.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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A #1 New York Times bestseller
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About the Authors
William Manchester (1922–2004) was an award-winning American author, biographer, historian, and a professor emeritus of history at Wesleyan University. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. Among his many New York Times bestselling books are two which made the #1 spot on the list: The Death of a President and The Last Lion: Alone.
Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.
About Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.