The Kennedy assassination-- 24 hours after : Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president /
Gillon, Steven M.
New York : Basic Books,
c2009.
Historian Steven Gillon tells the story of how Johnson consolidated power in the twenty-four hours following the assassination. Based on scrupulous research and new archival sources, this narrative sheds new and surprising light on one of the most written-about events of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historian Steven Gillon tells the story of how Johnson consolidated power in the twenty-four hours following the assassination. Based on scrupulous research and new archival sources, this narrative sheds new and surprising light on one of the most written-about events of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.
"It all began so beautifully" -- "They do love this president, don't they?" -- "They're going to kill us all" -- "Dave, he's dead" -- "The condition is not good" -- "He's gone" -- "Mr. President" -- "Anybody can swear you in" -- "I have only one president" -- "I do solemnly swear" -- "There was tenseness on that plane" -- "Rufus, where's my hat?" -- "You're the men I trust the most" -- "It's getting late, Mr. President" -- "I remember the word that he used--obscene" -- "It was a gray day, fitting the occasion" -- "Honey, you stay as long as you want" -- Conclusion: In Kennedy's shadow.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.