President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

from Mad.River.Librarian

Perhaps the best historical fiction book I've read for children and young adults, James Swanson simply writes and complies a perfect account of President Kennedy's assassination for young readers. The opening chapters lay out JFK's rise to the presidency with immediacy and interesting details, an...

from alsparks324

Very good non-fiction about the events surrounding the assassination of JFK. Author follows the assertion that Oswald committed the crime and does not get into conspiracy theories. Gives background of the days leading up to the assassination and the aftermath with the swearing in of LBJ and the f...

from ALGuerra

Great book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The book opens up with some background information on John F. Kennedy and his family. It then goes into his political career; how and where it begin (as a senator) and ended with his presidency and his assassination. The book discusses his presi...

from dscalia

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SHOT by James Swanson is a background into the time leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the assassinations, and the days immediately following. It gives the relevant background history into the life of John Kennedy and his election to the Presidency. Next it...

from jpmeehan

Like most Americans my age, I have been living with the John F. Kennedy assassination, in one way or another, almost non stop for the past 50 years. I heard the bulletins on the public address system in my elementary school on Friday, November 22, 1963, then watched the black and white television...