- Gebundene Ausgabe: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Rugged Land Books (November 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1590710142
- ISBN-13: 978-1590710142
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,8 x 16,3 x 2,1 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 602.064 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Of the four people riding in the presidential limousine on November 22, 1963, only one survivor remains who can intimately reveal what actually occurred inside the car on that tragic day. Nellie Connally, wife of then-governor John Connally, had just turned to speak to the president when the first bullet struck. What happened next has been examined in such minute detail that one would think there would be nothing left to discover. Yet in an elegantly simple, warm, and heartfelt memoir, Connally reveals a wealth of poignant and personal details, from why Jackie Kennedy was frantically scrambling across the back of the limo during those first crucial seconds to how Jack Ruby so easily gained access to Lee Harvey Oswald. Written two days after her husband's release from the hospital, Connally's handwritten notes languished forgotten for decades. Penned not for posterity but for future generations of her own family, Connally's eyewitness recollections afford historians astounding new insights into one of this country's most defining moments. Carol Haggas
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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"I awakened early on Friday morning, November 22, 1963. The day was gray and somber. Rain was falling...I asked John if I could ride with him to Dallas, and his reply was 'certainly.' We got in the jump seats right behind the driver and secret service man in the front. I was on the driver's side. Mrs. Kennedy was behind me. The President sat directly behind John. We were a happy foursome. I had my yellow roses; Jackie had red ones. I turned to the President as the formation of cars turned onto Elm Street and said, ' Mr. President, you certainly cannot say that Dallas does not love you.'" <BR>Nellie Connally, wife of the late governor of Texas John Connally, shares her personal diary of the JFK assassination. While a seminal document in our nation's history-the original document is to be archived at the University of Texas-From Love Field is, at heart, one woman's account of a personal tragedy. Written for her children and grandchildren forty years ago in November 1963, the diary details what it took as a wife, mother, and friend to cope with an unimaginable personal and public ordeal. <BR>With the twenty-six-page original document expertly reproduced in its entirely and an additional narrative detailing the days before and after the fatal shots, From Love Field also includes many major newsbreaking revelations that further delineate Mrs. Connally's longstanding dispute of the Warren Commission's findings. <BR>Along with Mickey Herskowitz, a longtime family friend and coauthor of John Connally's autobiography In History's Shadow, Nellie Connally has, at last, broken her silence and given the country a personal point of view of the most controversial and disturbing chapter in itshistory.<BR>
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Mrs. Connally Speaks Her Views
14. November 2003
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As the last surviving member of the motorcar of two couples in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated forty years ago, the wife of former Texas Governor John Connally provides us with her experiences of that ill-fated event. Mrs. Connally supports the belief of three shots being fired from behind. The first hit President Kennedy in the throat, the second hitting her husband behind the right shoulder, and the third shattering the skull of President Kennedy. She states that her husband sitting in the front seat had time to move from side to side after Kennedy had been hit in the throat. She states, "Even magic bullets don't hang in the air that long." Following this shot, Mrs. Connally states, her husband was hit behind the right shoulder, and then the President was hit in the head. She states her husband heard the first and third shots, the second one he did not. She has been told you do not hear a bullet that hits you, and John heard the first and third shots. She also describes her apprehension while her husband was in the emergency room, and wondering if he was getting the proper care (he was), or was everyone attending to the stricken president. John Connally researched every report prepared on the subject, and in 1983 he still held to the belief of Oswald's guilt stating, "Nobody in America can keep a secret that big for that long." In addition to Mrs. Connally, each of her three children provide their remembrances of this infamous day. The book concludes with the speeches President Kennedy was to deliver at the Dallas Trade Mart at noon, and his speech in Austin that evening. Forests have been felled with versions of this American tragedy, but it is special to hear it from one as close to the situation as she was. Thank you, Mrs. Connally, for sharing your experiences with us.
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Outstanding!
22. November 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
History doesn't get much better than this. Here's a book written with passion and pathos from notes that Ms. Connally wrote shortly after the assasination of President Kennedy.
Connally has taken an event burned into the consciousness of the world and breathed new life into it. She puts us in the seat next to the President and First Lady and takes for a most moving ride.
This is a MUST HAVE book for anyone who cares about the past and the Kennedy legacy.
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A Treasure From A Treasure
30. November 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
As a Texan who remembers that November day, and as one who was delighted to have John Connally as our Governor, I looked forward to reading this book when it came out. Nellie Connally remains a Texas treasure in her eighties, dignified and still just plain pretty. She proves, in this book, that she can be articulate as well.
After watching an entire week of History Channel telecasts that refute the lame Warren Commission report, it is unfortunate that at this late date we will never know the complete truth behind the Kennedy tragedy. However, no matter which side of the fence on which a reader rests, this slim volume will remain a great resource. I found it particularly interesting not for her recollection of the murder, but for her account of the treatment of her husband after the event.
A book for all who are interested in that day.
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