Fetch Four Days In November: The Original Coverage Of The John F. Kennedy Assassination Constructed By The New York Times Publication

interesting timeline of assassination following the many players involved The assassination of John F, Kennedy in Dallas forty years ago remains, and will always remain, indelible in the minds of those old enough to recall it.
The youngest elected leader in American history, a charming man leading what seemed a charmed life, by general consensus a president whose administration, having survived its early crises, was now at last hitting its stride, was shot and killed by a sniper firing a mailorder rifle from the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
So great was the shock that time seemed to freeze in the squinting glare of lateNovember sun, For four days in November, the business of the nation ground to a halt,

The coverage provided by The New York Times is still generally considered the most complete of its day.
Almost miraculously, Times reporters, writers, and editors producedcolumns, or about,words, on and about the very first day.
The other three days were no less exhaustive, Through the combined efforts of, among many others, Tom Wicker, James Reston, Max Frankel, Anthony Lewis, Harrison Salisbury, A.
M. Rosenthal, and Arthur Gelb, The Times covered history as it was happening, from the assassination to the funeral.
Here were the first portraits of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, the earliest speculation regarding the prospects of Lyndon Johnson's administration, the immediate reaction from world leaders, and, perhaps most of all, the pulse of a populace reeling from an event that surpassed both understanding and belief.


This commemorative volume provides a haunting, firsthand, and detailed chronology of the events that took place in Dallas and Washington from Novemberto November,.
Here is history being recorded in the momenta recitation not just of facts but of emotions and reactions as they were being experienced.
The clarity of the writing is matched only by the almost desperate intensity of its occasion, Getting all the news that's fit to print seemed the only way of keeping the world from spinning further into chaos The Times's coverage provided not just information but a sense of balance.
Though no one would ultimately explain to everyone's satisfaction the why, the who, what, and how were brought with amazing speed and accuracy within our grasp.


fWith an introduction by Tom Wicker and edited by Robert B, Semple Jr. , Four Days in November is an extraordinary book, It will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to remember, to understand, and most of all to feel what it was like, minute by minute, detail by detail, while one of the most traumatic events in recent American history unfolded.

This book is priceless too me, I remember where I was when this happened, in High School and the announcement came over the speaker system that our President was dead.
Great piece of history I love Bugliosi and will read anything he writes, This book left me wanting to know more of what he knows and, luckily, there's now a whole other tome Reclaiming History waiting for me.
Fascinating, for those of us who lived through it, Just the actual NY Times coverage of the four days no comment other than the introduction, Four Days in November: The Original Coverage of the John F, Kennedy Assassination was a great choice to read for my book report for history class, I had to read it fast, apage book in two

weeks, but I found it very enjoyable, I was never bored while reading it, What really interested me was how the country reacted, and even how it impacted everyone else across the globe.
Great, great book. This is a fascinating slice of American history, It's an incredible example of journalism under intense deadline pressure, The topic of JFK's assassination is fascinating, and this book left no detail unexplored in the history of the event.
Of course, that's great if you're a real student of the assassination, but for a casual reader like me, the details got a bit tedious.
However, it wasn't a difficult read, and it kept my interest enough to get through it all, One comment many reviewers have said it offers irrefutable proof that there was no conspiracy, I totally don't agree. There's little evidence that there was a conspiracy, but there's also no proof that there wasn't, This is a through examination of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath, Author Bugliosi makes the case that Oswald and Oswald alone was JFK's killer, His documentation is painstaking just as you would expect from the Charles Manson prosecutor, That said, his writing style almost makes you think you are reading a novel, Simple to follow. Anyone who has an interest in the JFK assissination must read this book, The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally, Founded in, the newspaper has wonPulitzer Prizes, than any other news organization, Its website receivesmillion unique visitors per month, .