Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 192 pages : illustrations (some color); 36 cm +

Summary

1. Fifty years ago, LIFE delivered an unrivaled account of the death of a President and a nation's loss of innocence. This compilation contains much of that original journalism and photojournalism, as well as recollections of those who were there and opinions on what it all meant going forward.

Uniform title

1. Life (Chicago, Ill.)

Alternative title

1. LIFE: President John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963.

Subject

1. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 > Assassination > Pictorial works
2. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 > Pictorial works
3. Kennedy, John F. > Assassination
4. Kennedy, John F
5. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963
6. 1961-1969
7. Presidents > United States > Pictorial works
8. Présidents > États-Unis > Ouvrages illustrés
9. Presidents > United States > Pictorial works
10. Assassination
11. Presidents
12. United States > History > 1961-1969
13. États-Unis > Histoire > 1961-1969
14. United States > 1961-1969. > History
15. United States

Genre/Form

1. illustrated books.
2. Illustrated works
3. History
4. Pictorial works
5. Ouvrages illustrés.

Contents

1. Introduction: For one brief shining moment -- Foreword: "A death in the American family" (A conversation with David McCullough) -- The Kennedys -- President Kennedy -- That day in Dallas -- Who was Oswald? -- LIFE is on the story -- The Zapruder film -- The Zapruder legacy -- "Where were you when you heard?" -- Remembering the moment, and the time -- LIFE stays on the story -- Farewell -- After a death, the birth of Camelot -- Was there a conspiracy? -- The Kennedy legacy -- Today in Dallas -- One more artifact.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. "Includes a removable reprint of the original LIFE issue [November 29, 1963]"--Cover.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain