Filter By Subjects
Assassination Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994 Politics and government Presidents Presidents United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 1961-1963Filter By Subjects
Assassination Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994 Politics and government Presidents Presidents United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 1961-1963Keenan, Sheila
Summary: When he was a young boy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy wondered about what happened in the world. He wanted to change the world when he grew up, and he did just that! --Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE KEECorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENBader, Bonnie
Summary: "Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENMatthews, Chris
Summary: Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in politics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MATSummary: Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFKSteel, Ronald.
Summary: "More than three decades have passed since Robert Kennedy was assassinated seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency. During that time a powerful legend has grown around him. It decrees that he would have quickly ended the Vietnam War, violence in the cities, and racial and social injustice across the land. Millions of Americans continue to believe that legend... But would he have...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT STESteel, Ronald.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT STEBayard, Louis
Summary: "A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BAYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAYAbrams, Dan
Summary: Examines the story behind the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, live on national television.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 ABRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 345.73 ABRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ABRFreedman, Lawrence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 FREHastings, Max
Summary: "In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9106 HASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.9106 HASLandis, Paul
Summary: "Special Agent Paul Landis is in the follow-up car directly behind JFK's and is at the president's limo as soon as it stops at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is inside Trauma Room #1, where the president is pronounced dead. He is on Air Force One with the president's casket on the flight back to Washington, DC; an eyewitness to Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office. What he saw is indelibly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Noonan, William Sylvester.
Summary: For 25 years William Noonan and John F. Kennedy, Jr. were best friends. Sharing an adolescence in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, the two frequented beach bonfires and the Monday-night yacht-club dances, took road trips, shared albums, sneaked cigarettes on the widow's walk of John's house, and scored beer together. And as they grew older, John and Billy never lost the connection they forged in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 NOOTerenzio, RoseMarie.
Summary: A former personal assistant to John F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the story of their professional relationship and close friendship, describing how she landed her job under less-than-ideal circumstances, Kennedy's political beliefs, and his untimely death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F TERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.922 TERHill, Clint.
Summary: Clint Hill will forever be remembered as the lone secret service agent who jumped onto the car after President Kennedy was shot. He recounts his memories of those five days leading up to, and after, that tragic day in November 1963. Told movingly by a man who still wishes he could undo it all, this is a rare and deeply personal look at the assassination that affected the entire world and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.922 HILSummary: On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas and the world changed forever. But what if it could be changed back? James Franco stars as Jake Epping, an English teacher who accepts the monumental mission of trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. Luckily, he has the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon), a resourceful librarian who's trying to reconcile secrets of her own....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ElCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ELESummary: This film explores Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKSummary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAKAbraham, Philip
Summary: Relates the courage of John F. Kennedy during World War II, especially in saving his crew when they were stranded in the South Pacific after their PT boat was rammed by a Japanese warship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5459 ABRDonovan, Robert J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 DONGillon, Steven M.
Summary: Riding in an open-topped convertible through Dallas on November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson heard a sudden explosive sound at 12:30 P.M. The Secret Service sped him away to safety and at 1:20 P.M. he learned that JFK had been assassinated. Here historian Steven Gillon tells the story of how Johnson consolidated power in the twenty-four hours following the assassination - actions...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.922 GILNoonan, William Sylvester.
Summary: A portrait of the late son of President Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, told by his closest friend, describes the shared loss that bonded their childhoods, John Jr.'s marriage to Carolyn Bessette, and the aftermath of the plane crash that ended their lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY JR., JOHN F. NOOOliphant, Thomas
Summary: "A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017