childhood and education of
Cuban missile crisis and
Cuban visa application and
Dallas and
death of
defects to Soviet Union
de Mohrenschildt and
escape of
family and
FBI and
funeral of
JFK’s assassinated by
JFK’s assassination plotted by
JFK’s inauguration and
job of, at Book Depository
jobs of
kills Tippit
Marine Corps and
marriage of
Mexico City trip of
New Orleans and
Nixon targeted by
psychology of
returns to U.S. from Soviet Union
seen at shooting range
Walker shot by
Warren Commission and
weapons of
Oswald, Marguerite (Oswald’s mother)
Oswald, Marina Prusakova
Dallas friends of
FBI and
later life of
marriage to Oswald
moves to New Orleans
moves to Paine house
moves to U.S.
Oswald’s attack on Walker and
Oswald’s weapons and
Oswald, Rachel
Oswald, Robert E. Lee (Oswald’s father)
Oswald, Robert (Oswald’s brother)
Paine, Ruth
Parent Trap (movie)
Parkland Hospital
Peace Corps
Pearl Harbor attack
popular culture of 1960s
books
cars
children’s names
dances
famous people born in
fashion and hair styles
foods
movies
music
prices
sports
TV shows
Portrait of a President (Manchester)
Postal, Julia
Powers, David Francis “Dave”
Presley, Elvis
Profiles in Courage (Kennedy)
Protective Research Section (PRS)
PT (patrol torpedo) boats
PT-109
PT-162
Ray, James Earl
Ready, John
Reily Coffee Company
Resolute desk
Reunion Tower
Robertson, Carole
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy”
Ross, George “Barney”
Ruby, Jack
Oswald shot by
trial and death of
Warren Commission and
Russia. See Soviet Union
Ryan, Meg
Salinger, Pierre
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Schlossberg, Edwin
Secret Service
Dallas trip and
JFK’s assassination and
JFK’s children and
LBJ and
Mona Lisa and
Montana trip and
Oswald and
Warren Commission and
White House duties of
Zapruder film and
Shannon, Del
Shirelles
Simon, Carly
Sirhan Sirhan
sit-ins
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham)
Sixth Floor Museum
Skelton, Byron
Solomon Islands
Sorensen, Ted
Sorrels, Forrest V.
South
Soviet Union (Russia)
Central Committee
Cold War and
Cuban missile crisis and
Dallas embassy of
nuclear test ban treaties and
Oswald defects to
Oswald leaves
Oswald marries Marina in
Oswald’s visa application and
WW II and
space program
Sports Drome Rifle Range
Starkey, Raymond L.
State Department
Stevenson, Adlai
Stoughton, Cecil
St. Brigid’s Catholic School
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Taylor, Maxwell D.
television
Cuban missile crisis and
elections of 1960 and
Jackie’s White House tour and
JFK’s assassination and
JFK’s inauguration and
Teresa, Mother
Texas. See also Dallas
election of 1960 and
JFK’s trip planned
Texas Democratic National Committee
Texas Observer
Texas School Book Depository
map of
Oswald escapes from
Oswald gets job at
Oswald plots to kill JFK from
Oswald shoots JFK from
rifle found in
Sixth Floor Museum at
Texas State Police
Texas Theatre
Thom, Leonard Jay
Thomas, George
Time Man of the Year
Tippit, J.D.
Tokyo Express
Truman, Harry
Twitty, Conway
U-2 spy planes
United Nations
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
Green Berets
Map Service
U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Assassinations
JFK elected to
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
JFK serves in
Joe Jr. serves in
SEALS
U.S. Senate
Victoria, Queen of England
Vienna summit
Vietnam War
Walker, Edwin Anderson “Ted”
Walker, John
Wallace, George
Wall Street Journal
Warren, Earl
JFK’s funeral and
JFK’s inauguration and
Warren, Nina
Warren Commission (President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy)
Washington Post
Wesley, Cynthia
West Side Story (movie)
WFAA-TV
White, E.B.
White House
East Room performances
first president to live in
Jackie renovates
Jackie’s TV tour of
JFK’s assassination and
JFK’s family life in
Oval Office
Secret Service and
State Dining Room
swimming pool
tours of
Wincote, Lieutenant
Winter, Paul
Wood, Homer
Wood, Sterling
World War II
Gold Star Mothers and
Joe Jr.’s death in
PT-109 and
Yarborough, Ralph
Yeager, Frank
Youngblood, Rufus
Zapruder, Abraham
Zinser, Gerald E.
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O’Reilly, Bill.
Kennedy’s last days: the assassination that defined a generation / Bill O’Reilly. — First edition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8050-9802-0 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-8050-9974-4 (e-book)
1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Assassination—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
E842.Z9O74 2013 973.922092—dc23 2013009026
First Edition—2013
Based on the book Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly, published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
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