book review MAY/JUNE 20
United States Sen. John F. Kennedy speaks to a crowd in Dallas in 1960 while campaigning for president.
Another look at JFK's assassination
‘Dallas 1963’ delves into how fear took root in city Review By Brett Campbell Art submitted
This year marks 57 years since he was killed, but millions are still interested — some obsessed — with the life, death, facts and mythology surrounding John F. Kennedy. A quick search for his name online provides more than 2.47 million results. But a search for “Who killed John F. Kennedy?” brings more than 16.1 million hits. No matter what answer you personally believe, the authors of the non-fiction work “Dallas 1963” consider
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the impact of a player not typically discussed — not Oswald, not the CIA, not LBJ, not an unknown sniper — but the Texas city itself in which Kennedy was slain. More specifically, the persons and atmosphere in a city unlike any other in the United States or the world at that time. Authors Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis explain: “Dallas 1963 is not meant to address the many conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of President Kennedy. Our aim is to introduce and then connect the outsize characters and the singular climate in a city that many blamed for killing a president.”
