The Torch is Passed: The Associated Press Story of the Death of a President
by Associated Press, Keith Fuller, Tom Henshaw, Sid Moody, Hugh Mulligan, Saul Pett
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From The Associated Press comes an updated reissue of The Torch is Passed, a seminal examination of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and his enduring legacy.Written by a select team of special correspondents for the AP, this chronicle captured a nation's disbelief and sorrow shortly after the president's assassination. It remains one of the most powerful accounts of the death of President Kennedy and its aftermath, exploring America's mourning and looking to the country's show more future.Featuring photos from the AP's archive, The Torch Is Passed is a poignant tribute to President John F. Kennedy, as touching and relevant today as it was when first published. show lessTags
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I purchased this book when first published. While serving as a librarian, loaned my copy to my high school library, finally had to have professionally rebound. Looks like someone tore out a picture page at the front of the book, but according to the list of illustrations, nothing is missing. I was a sophomore in high school and in the band hall when his death was announced. I was totally immersed by these events and have followed most of the events that followed in his family. Have a collection of pictures of the family. To protect the rebound book, made a book jacket with picture, in color, of caisson, and added some additional pictures to book from my personal files.
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The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP. On the web: www.ap.org.
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- The Torch Is Passed...
- Original publication date
- 1963
- People/Characters
- John F. Kennedy
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA; Dallas, Texas, USA
- Important events
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- First words
- A Foreword.... One yearns even now, with an almost irresistible force, to be able to file the disclaimer frequently seen at this stage of a book: "All of the characters herein portrayed are fictitious and any resemblance to... (show all) actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental." But the fact won't be wished away and the long night remains, not a bad dream, but a reality to haunt us all the days of our lives. --Saul Pett
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And at 3:34 o'clock, on the afternoon of the fourth day, John Fitzgerald Kennedy slipped out of mortal sight -- out of sight but not out of heart and mind.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 973.922
- Canonical LCC
- E842.9
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 973.922 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Dwight D. Eisenhower, 2nd Term (1953-1961) Sputnik Crisis, Little Rock Crisis, National Aeronautics and Space Act
- LCC
- E842.9 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963 Assassination, funeral, memorial services, etc.
- BISAC
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- 499
- Popularity
- 60,117
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.92)
- Languages
- Danish, Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 22
