Swanson, James L. The President Has Been Shot: Assassination of J.F.K.

Swanson, James L.  The President Has Been Shot: Assassination of J.F.K.  Scholastic Press 2013 270p $18.99  ISBN 978-0-545-49007-8  hs/adult  Nonfiction  E-BN

This book provides a historical minute-by-minute view of John F. Kennedy’s assassination told through photographs, illustrations, and some primary sources. This excellent narrative introduces the Kennedys and gives readers a biographical account of who they were in history.  The pictures personalize the narrative as the reader follows along and sees how John F Kennedy became the president of the United States and subsequently dealt with a variety of difficult situations and crises as the world faced communism and the Cold War. Readers see how tense things became during the Bay of Pigs incident in Cuba and the ensuing confrontation between the President and Mr. Khrushchev that almost started a nuclear war.  The Civil Rights Movement was developing, and Kennedy had to deal with the crisis in the South and the North.  At the same time, Martin Luther King Jr. was becoming a leader.  Readers are shown that Kennedy was a good father who tried to be a president of the people.  

The book also gives some background information on the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.  A detailed map of the President’s route is provided on that fateful day in 1963, and theories are presented about what exactly happened.     

Summary: This book provides a graphic and historical account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States of America.

Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963-Assassination                   --Magna Diaz