The Assassination of JFK, Jonathan Mayo
The Assassination of JFK, Jonathan Mayo
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The Assassination of JFK
Minute by Minute

Author: Jonathan Mayo

Narrator: Russell Bentley

Unabridged: 8 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Short Books

Published: 11/09/2023


Synopsis

The acclaimed book by Jonathan Mayo, now available in paperback

"Reads like a pacey, page-turning, cold war political thriller." Dermot O'Leary

This is the story of JFK's assassination as told from the frontline: it is about the people - from the highest to the lowest - who were caught up in that four-day whirlwind in November 1963.

From Dallas nightclub reporter Tony Zoppi, who found himself carrying the president's casket; Secret Service agent Clint Hill beating his hands in despair on the trunk of the limousine as he watches Kennedy die; Howard Brennan, a construction worker on a lunch break watching a man take aim on the motorcade with a rifle; reporter Hugh Aynesworth with only an electricity bill on which to write notes for the scoop of his career; DJ John Peel a few feet from Oswald as he's questioned by the press; to Robert Kennedy sitting in the dark in the back of an empty army truck, waiting for his brother's body to arrive.

The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute is pure chronological narrative, giving a blow by blow account of the terrible events as they unfolded.

"Packed with vivid detail, and arranged in the minute by minute style that Jonathan Mayo has pioneered, this account of the murder of John F Kennedy gripped me from the first page to the last." Jeremy Vine

About Jonathan Mayo

Jonathan Mayo joined the BBC in 1987, first working in radio and then television, where he won awards for his documentaries. He is the author of four other books from the Minute by Minute series: The Assassination of JFK, D-Day, Hitler's Last Day and Titanic. He lives in Surrey with his wife and son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry on February 13, 2025

No conspiracy theories here; this is, as the title tells us, a minute-by-minute account of what happened on that fateful day, and the three following days, when President Kennedy was killed in Dallas. It captures practically everyone, if not everyone, who was caught up in the events immediately prio......more

Goodreads review by Jade aka MrsTosh on November 01, 2017

Brilliant and refreshing! No conspiracy theories, just notes and statements from real people involved in the assassination and by standers observations. This genre is totally out of my comfort zone and not something I would usually read to be honest, I picked up in the local library for my Husband w......more

Goodreads review by Tabby on August 23, 2024

The first page of this book describes the passing of time and endless conspiracies about JFK’s assassination as lessening its impact, and one of the purposes of the book is to restore that impact. Minute by minute accomplishes this well. This book is a completely impartial, factual, and chronologica......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 12, 2021

A great book that does exactly what the title suggests: gives a minute by minute account of the days before, during and after the assassination. Including the details and testimonies of the everyday person, not just the names we hear so often, brings a human element to the story and really brings to......more

Goodreads review by Georgina on January 01, 2025

This book what not what I expected, took me way too long to read it just didn’t grip my attention, I persevered and finished it. The ending of the book where it tells you what happened to the people involved in the assassination years later was a nice touch and did enjoy reading that.......more


Quotes

Packed with vivid detail, and arranged in the minute by minute style that Jonathan Mayo has pioneered on the radio, this account of the murder of John F Kennedy gripped me from the first page to the last. Jeremy Vine

Reads like a pacey, page-turning, cold war political thriller. Dermot O'Leary