The Death Of A President (J.F.K Chronicles), By William Manchester, First Edition! Dust best Jacket. Published 1963

This book chronicles several days in late November of 1963, from a small reception the Kennedys hosted in the White House on Wednesday, November 20, the evening before the visit to Dallas, through the flight to Texas, the motorcade, the assassination, the hospital, the airplane journey back to Washington, D.C., and the funeral on Monday, November 25. The tension between the Kennedy and Johnson factions, the worldwide reaction, and Lee Harvey Oswald's televised murder by Jack Ruby are all discussed in painstaking detail.
The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 is historian William Manchester's 1967 account of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy's widow Jacqueline, who had initially asked Manchester to write the book, demanded that the author make changes in the manuscript.

William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. The death of a president was best his best selling book. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.

This book is hardcover with a dust jacket. There is age appropriate wear such as tanning of the pages, rips/tears and bends on the dust jacket. The inside pages are free of damage and all securely attached to the binding. 710 pages total.


Measures 9 3/4" Length X 6 - 5/8" Width X 2" Depth

SKU 7731