Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780805096668)

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.

The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK.

More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy--and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.

In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Allen Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.

The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will profoundly move the reader.

Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
ISBN-10: 0805096663
ISBN-13: 9780805096668
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.6
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 156773 / Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 55
People Weekly 10/22/2012 pg. 55
Entertainment Weekly 11/02/2012 pg. 75
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2012