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JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy--And Why It Failed
JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy--And Why It Failed | Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began--at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite. On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car--a parked Buick--on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida. Pavlick knew the president-elect's schedule. He knew when Kennedy would leave his house. He knew where Kennedy was going. From there, Pavlick had a simple plan--one that could've changed the course of history. Written in the gripping, page-turning style that is the hallmark of Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's bestselling series, this is a slice of history vividly brought to life. Meltzer and Mensch are at the top of their game with this brilliant exploration of what could've been for one of the most compelling leaders of the 20th century.
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⭐️⭐️ I wouldn‘t necessarily call it an “attempt”so much as a plan that was, thankfully, foiled. I will say with all the Kennedy books I read last year, I don‘t recall this piece of his story which happened after the election, but prior to inauguration. This would‘ve been better without the rudimentary recap of his life before and after it, but I guess they needed word count. This wasn‘t great.

MallenNC I only know about this bc I read a book about What Ifs of history and one chapter was about what would have happened if that attempt had succeeded. 2d
britt_brooke @MallenNC One chapter is all it needed here, too. 😂 But to consider what-ifs is interesting! I recently read a JFK Jr oral history and it posed the question of what if he hadn‘t died so young? Would he have been a presidential candidate in 2016? 2d
MallenNC @britt_brooke I love those kinds of what ifs. I think JFK Jr going into politics is something a lot of people romanticize now. I‘m not sure he would have but I have read that he was moving more in that direction. 2d
britt_brooke @MallenNC I agree, totally. 21h
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