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¶ … Death of a President by William Raymond Manchester
This paper provides a review of The Death of a President by William Raymond Manchester. The writer of this paper presents the reader with an opinion about the writing as well as the ideas that the author portrays in the book. There was one source used to complete this paper.
THE TELLING OF A STORY WHILE IT IS STILL FRESH CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
One of the most compelling reasons to read The Death of a President by William Raymond Manchester, is that he wrote the book very soon after the events. The death of President John F. Kennedy rocked the nation to the core. It was televised because he was in a parade and waving to his constituents when it occurred and the world tilted sideways as the bullet hit his head. This book is an extremely detailed overview of the last six days of the president's life leading up to his...
Manchester uses over seven hundred pages to portray the hours and minutes that week.
It is the only book that was authorized by the Kennedy family and it was authorized several weeks following his death. This tells the reader that the family agrees with the accounting of the president's last few days, as told by Manchester. Manchester works to give a chronological outline of the events leading to that fateful day. In minute detail he explains what problems the president was working on as well as what his personal attitudes seemed to be those days. Manchester uses his political understanding, and his ability to write in laymen's terms, to bring the reader to that sunny day with a thorough understanding of the president's mindset.
Manchester included an incredible amount of research in the book that was drawn from many sources. This was a professionally…
While many books about the death of Kennedy have second hand accounts or tales from those who heard the story from others, Manchester's book has actual eyewitness stories of what happened in the days leading up to the death and the death itself. This book is an excellent source of information for anyone who wants to know what really happened that day and wants to know whether or not there was a conspiracy. The minute-by-minute accounts of his whereabouts and actions remind the reader the president was also a human, a husband, and a father. Manchester placed him in a light that exuded strength, power and compassion while he walked the readers through the steps until the shot rang out. Few writers will be able to compete with this book as the author had the benefit of not only the eyewitnesses but also the Kennedy family. While it is long, over 700 pages, it reads with such interest and accuracy that it feels like a much shorter book. This would be a good book for anyone to read who wants to study the Kennedy's, the shooting, or the era.
Manchester, Raymond, William. The death of a president: November 20-November 25, 1963
Penguin Books
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