(Henry Holt and Company, 318 pp.)
The deadly human drama in Dallas in 1963, which led drifter Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President Kennedy, is adapted from the bestselling historical thriller written by Bill O鈥橰eilly of the Fox cable news channel.
EXCERPT:
鈥淚f the Secret Service is aware of Lee Harvey Oswald, that fact is nowhere in any record.
鈥淭heir ignorance is not unusual. Why would the powerful Secret Service be watching a low-level former marine living in Dallas, Texas?
鈥淥swald鈥檚 life continues to be defined by a balance of passion and rage. [Wife] Marina has moved back in with him. On January 27, 1963, as crowds 10 abreast line the streets in Washington to view the Mona Lisa, Oswald orders a .38 Special revolver through the mail. It costs him $29.95. Oswald slides a $10 bill into the envelope, with the balance to be paid on delivery. He keeps the purchase a secret from Marina by having the gun sent to a post office box.鈥�
