About the Author

William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion, Volumes 1 and 2, Goodbye Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, The Death of the President, and assorted works of journalism.

Reviews

"About the book's importance as a historical document, a compelling account, an invaluable compilation of source material on one of the century's central events, there is no question."--Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times

"An authoritative, powerful account of the Dallas tragedy." --Time

"It seems not at all inconceivable that we have here an American contribution to the great literature on the death of kings."--Richard Rovere, The New Yorker