Dallas 1963

Minutaglio, Bill

ISBN 10: 147898077X ISBN 13: 9781478980773

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2013

Synopsis

In the early 1960s, Dallas was full of extreme characters, many of them dead set against a Kennedy presidencyrabid politicos like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; oil baron H. L. Hunt; W. A. Criswell, leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world; and fanatical congressman Bruce Alger; along with a host of gangsters, civil rights leaders, billionaires, and marauding police. Beginning with the campaign for Kennedy's election and set against a nation in transition, the authors ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led numerous friends and aides to warn the president against stopping in Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas.

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Product Description:

Presents an explosive and unsettling account of the radicals, reactionaries, and extremists who turned Dallas into a city infamous for the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Review:

"Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis's DALLAS 1963 is a brilliantly written, haunting eulogy to John F. Kennedy. By exposing the hatred aimed at our 35th president, the authors demonstrates that America--not just Lee Harvey Oswald--was ultimately responsible for his death. Every page is an eye opener. Highly recommended!" "Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University and author of "Cronkite"""

"All the great personalities of Dallas during the assassination come alive in this superb rendering of a city on a roller coaster into disaster. History has been waiting fifty years for this book." "Lawrence Wright, author of "The Looming Tower" and "Going Clear"""

"Minutaglio and Davis capture in fascinating detail the creepiness that shamed Dallas in 1963." "Gary Cartwright, author and contributing editor at "Texas Monthly"""

"In this harrowing, masterfully-paced depiction of a disaster waiting to happen, Minutaglio and Davis examine a prominent American city in its now-infamous moment of temporary insanity. Because those days of partisan derangement look all too familiar today, DALLAS 1963 isn't just a gripping narrative-it's also a somber cautionary tale." "Robert Draper, contributor, New York Times Magazine and author of "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives"""

"The authors skillfully marry a narrative of the lead-up to the fateful day with portrayals of the Dixiecrats, homophobes, John Birchers, hate-radio spielers, and the 'superpatriots' who were symptomatic of the paranoid tendency in American politics." "Harold Evans, author of "The American Century"""

"After fifty years, it's a challenge to fashion a new lens with which to view the tragic events of November 22, 1963--yet Texans [Minutaglio and Davis] pull it off brilliantly." ""Publishers Weekly" (starred review)""

"Chilling... The authors make a compelling, tacit parallel to today's running threats by extremist groups." ""Kirkus"""

"A thoughtful look at the political and social environment that existed in Dallas at the time of the president's election... a climate, the authors persuasively argue, of unprecedented turmoil and hatred." ""Booklist"""

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 147898077X
• ISBN 13: 9781478980773
• Binding: Audio CD