The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President by Steven M. Gillon Paperback Book

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Rent The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President

Author: Steven M. Gillon

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: Oct 2010

Genre: History - United States - 20th Century

Retail Price: $16.99

Ages: 14 - UP

Pages: 288

Synopsis

On November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson faced one of the most painful and tragic events in American history-the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In that moment of chaos, with a nation in shock, Johnson became president. From the first crack of gunfire to a frenzied return to Washington, The Kennedy Assassination-24 Hours After details the first day of Johnson's presidency. Based on scrupulous research and new archival sources, this gripping narrative sheds new and often surprising light on one of the most written-about events of the twentieth century.

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