Monday, November 25, 2013

Kennedy’s Last Days by Bill O'Reilly - ADVISABLE

O’Reilly, Bill  Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination That Defined a Generation, 255 pgs. Henry Holt and Company, 2013.  Language:  G  Mature Content:  PG  Violence:  PG

The author weaves the story of John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jackie Kennedy, as well as members of the President’s staff and family.  Bill O’Reilly goes from one person to another without skipping a beat.  We are able to feel how Oswald is feeling, his emotions, as well as the way President Kennedy and his family and staff works with the day to day running of the country.  You will be able to feel the desire that Lee Harvey Oswald to become a name that people would remember and would make an impact on society.  You will be able to put yourself in the place of Jackie Kennedy as she holds her husband’s head in her lap as he is dying.  The pictures throughout the book bring it all to life and help to put faces to names.

MS, HS – ADVISABLE.  M Olsen, teacher

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