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Abrams, 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 ABR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 345.73 ABR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ABR

Sherman, Casey

Summary: "From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's terrifying peak, two things saved humanity: the strategic wisdom of John F. Kennedy and the U-2 aerial...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 SHE

Corey, 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 KEN

Bader, 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 KEN

Esposito, Joseph A.

Summary: In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winners -- along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers -- at a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon;...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ESP

McDonough, Yona Zeldis.

Summary: Chronicles the life of the president who saw America through the Cuban Missile Crisis, established the Peace Corps, and was assassinated during his first term.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEN

Oliphant, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 OLI

Baldrige, Letitia.

Summary: Letitia Baldrige, social secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, presents photographs and recollections of six memorable occasions at the White House, including a luncheon for Princess Grace, and an alfresco dinner at Mount Vernon; and includes menus and recipes from the entertainments by White House chef René Verdon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 BAL

Kudlow, Lawrence.

Summary: "The fascinating, suppressed history of how JFK pioneered supply-side economics, "--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339 KUD

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