As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22 1963 William Manchester set out at the request of the Kennedy family to create a detailed authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy?s death including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination. Through hundreds of interviews extensive travel and firsthand observation and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation accumulating forty-five volumes of documents exhibits and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective?to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK?s assassination?is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.
