Kennedy's Last Days: The Assassination That Defined a Generation (41 page)

Yarborough, Ralph

Yeager, Frank

Youngblood, Rufus

Zapruder, Abraham

Zinser, Gerald E.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

O’Reilly, Bill.

Kennedy’s last days: the assassination that defined a generation / Bill O’Reilly. — First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8050-9802-0 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-8050-9974-4 (e-book)

1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Assassination—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

E842.Z9O74 2013    973.922092—dc23     2013009026

First Edition—2013

Based on the book
Killing Kennedy
by Bill O’Reilly, published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

eISBN 9780805099744

Table of Contents

Frontispiece

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Contents

Epigraphs

Prologue

Key Players

Part 1: The Making of a Hero

Part 2: The Making of a Leader

Part 3: Dallas, Texas—November 1963

Part 4: The Making of a Legend

Epilogue

Afterword

The Kennedys: A Photo Family Tree

The Crew of USS PT-109 on Its Last Mission

John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address

John and Jackie Kennedy: Some Famous and Interesting Words

The Zapruder Film: A Moment-by-Moment Record

Investigating the Assassination: The Warren Commission

Some Facts About the Early 1960s

Time Line

Places to Visit

The Author Recommends …

Recommended Reading

Recommended Websites

Recommended Viewing

Bibliography

Sources

Index

Copyright