title: The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
author:  James L. Swanson 
description: Gr 6 UpSwanson's title reads like a thriller, with intense pacing and an engaging narrative. The event is not depicted as dry, textbook history, but rather as a horrifying and shocking crime. Full- and double-page photographs of President Kennedy andLee Harvey Oswald, and stills from the famous Zapruder filmwhich captured the assassination in real timebreathe emotion into the work. Kennedy's and Oswald's backgrounds are illuminated as the narrative descends toward their tragic connection. A well-illustrated map of Dealey Plaza detailing the President's route clarifies the position of relevant buildings and features at the time of the assassination. This book is graphic with respect to both images and verbage. Swanson provides a compelling case for Oswald as a lone gunman, arguing against the various and popular conspiracy theories. A diagram of the infamous magic bullet illustrates how a single bullet could cause multiple wounds for both JFK and Governor Connally. Despite the great number of books on Kennedy's assassination, this volume stands out for its gripping storytelling style and photographic documentation.Jeffrey Meyer, Mount Pleasant Public Library, IA(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
zlib_text: About “The President Has Been Shot!”
  It was one of the most heart-stopping moments of the twentieth century:
  a man in a window, a rifle, and a ruthless attack without warning. In
  fewer than ten seconds, the United States lost a president, a wife lost her
  husband, and two children lost their father — and the world was united
  in grief.
  John Kennedy’s trip to Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, set in
  motion a chain of unprecedented events: the death of a president caught
  on film, a frenzied manhunt, multiple murders, nationwide mourning, a
  public funeral that rivaled Abraham Lincoln’s, and the fatal shooting of
  the president’s killer on live TV as a horrified audience of millions
  watched.
  In an action-packed, minute-by-minute, ticking-clock narrative, James
  Swanson, award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of
  Manhunt and Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, weaves together the riveting
  stories of an assassin and a president as he re-creates four of the saddest
  and most terrifying days in o