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by James L. Swanson


  Oswald’s trip to, 10, 39, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 67, 174, 226, 295

  Oswald’s views about, 45, 297

  questioning of Oswald about, 186, 190, 192, 225, 226

  space program and, 32–33

  U.S. competition with, 32

  in World War II, 26

  space programs, 32–33, 72

  Spalding, Chuck, 267

  Sputnik space program, 32

  St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 247, 248, 258

  Stalin, Joseph, 25

  Stanton, Frank, 270–71

  State Department, U.S.: Cuban relations and, 49

  Steensland, Bill, 165

  Steichen, Edward, 273

  Stevenson, Adlai, 63, 115, 116, 240

  Stoughton, Cecil, 176, 178–79, 180

  Stuckey, William, 41–44, 45, 47, 48, 50

  Supreme Court, U.S., 33, 61, 62, 177, 273

  Talbert, C.E., 220–21

  taxes: as concern in early years of JFK presidency, 33

  technology: and conspiracy theories about JFK assassination, 296–97

  television

  elections of 1960 and, 27

  and JFK assassination as shared event, 291

  Texas

  LBJ’s hostile reception in, 240

  as victim of Oswald’s actions, 240–42

  Texas, JFK trip to

  and flight to Texas, 65–66

  Jackie’s wardrobe for trip to, 64–65

  JFK plans for campaign trip to, 60, 62, 63–64

  warnings about JFK’s trip to, 63–64, 240–41

  See also specific city

  Texas School Book Depository (Book Depository)

  discovery of Oswald’s rifle at, 206

  and JFK motorcade route, 68, 70, 79, 95, 111–19, 121–28

  and manhunt for Oswald, 174

  as museum, 288–90

  Oswald as employee at, 59, 68–69, 70, 79, 112, 144, 149, 183, 184, 189–91, 226–27, 228

  and Oswald’s comments to the media, 216

  and Oswald’s decision to assassinate JFK, 68–69, 70

  Oswald’s escape from, 144–45, 146, 147–48, 157, 225, 289

  Oswald’s map and, 226–27

  and Oswald’s plans for assassination of JFK, 72–77

  Oswald’s rifle at, 89–90, 185, 207, 235

  and Oswald’s shooting of JFK, 123–41

  and Oswald’s wait for the motorcade, 105–6, 110–20, 121–23

  and Paine’s and Marina’s concerns about role in assassination, 151

  post-assassination activities at, 156

  questioning of Oswald about, 189–91, 207–8, 227–29

  roll call of employees at, 158, 173

  and souvenirs/relics of JFK assassination, 263

  visitors to, 289–90

  Texas Theatre

  Oswald’s arrest at, 181–82, 183, 185, 207, 237, 289

  and questioning of Oswald, 207

  Thomas, Albert, 77, 81

  Thomas, George, 79

  Time magazine, 160

  Tippit, J.D.

  arraignment of Oswald for murder of, 196–97, 200

  burial of, 252–53

  and conspiracy theories about JFK assassination, 296

  Oswald’s actions after murder of, 180–82

  Oswald’s arrest for murder, 181–82

  and Oswald’s comments to the media, 215

  Oswald’s denial about murdering, 207, 222

  pistol involved in murder of, 171–73, 206

  and plans for Oswald’s trial, 213

  questioning of Oswald for murder of, 182–86, 190

  reasons for murder of, 173–74

  and shooting of Tippit, 171–73, 289

  Tobias, Mahlon, 9

  Trade Mart (Dallas)

  JFK planned lunch and speech at, 67, 68, 82–83, 94, 95, 98, 103–4, 105, 107, 122, 156, 158

  Oswald’s demonstrations at, 40

  transfer, Oswald’s: from City Hall jail to County jail, 218–19, 220–21, 223–24, 229, 230–35, 242

  Treasury, U.S. Department of the, 272

  trial, Oswald’s

  and Oswald’s death, 242

  Wade’s comments about plans for, 212–13

  tributes to JFK

  Kennedy Library funding and, 279–80

  at Lincoln Memorial, 275–76

  Truly, Roy, 144, 145, 185

  Truman, Harry S., 12, 69

  United Nations, 63

  United Press International (UPI), 146, 151, 159, 163, 253

  United States

  and American exceptionalism, 103–4

  Oswald’s views about, 67

  University of Alabama: desegregation at, 34

  University of Mississippi: desegregation at, 12, 34

  van der Rohe, Mies, 273

  Vietnam, 31, 85, 285, 298

  Vogue magazine: Jackie and, 262

  Wade, Henry, 183, 212–13, 215, 221

  Walker, Bob, 94–95

  Walker, Edwin A.

  civil rights movement and, 12

  Communism and, 11–12

  and JFK relief of Walker from command, 12

  media coverage of shooting of, 17–19

  Oswald at rally with, 59

  Oswald’s attempted assassination of, 13, 15–16, 17, 39, 52–53, 57–58, 70, 78, 110, 128, 129, 141, 146, 149, 157, 212, 242

  Oswald’s fixation on, 11–12

  Oswald’s justification for assassination of, 12

  Oswald’s plans for assassination of, 3–4, 10–12, 19

  Oswald’s reactions to shooting, 17–20, 21, 22, 110

  professional background of, 12

  souvenir of shooting of, 19–20

  and turning points for Oswald, 22

  Wall Street Journal, 93

  Wallace, George, 34

  War Is Hell (movie), 181

  Warren Commission, 264, 283, 284, 292, 295–97

  Warren, Earl, 241–42, 264, 284

  Washington, D.C.

  and anniversaries of Lincoln assassination, 290

  Kennedys and Johnsons return to, 169–70, 174–78, 187–88, 192–93, 194–95

  return of presidential limousine to, 195–96

  Washington, D.C, See also specific location

  Washington Star

  Bartlett article about Jackie in, 264–65

  Jackie as reporter for, 287

  WDSU-TV/radio (New Orleans), Oswald on, 40–50, 263

  West, B.C., 274

  Western Cartridge Company, 9

  White, Byron, 62, 286

  White House

  funeral procession from Capitol to, 247–48

  funeral procession to St. Matthew’s from, 247, 248–49, 258

  Jackie’s inscription on marble mantle in, 272

  Jackie’s post-funeral stay at, 249–50, 252, 260–62, 271–74

  Jackie’s refusal to visit, 280, 282

  Jackie’s return from Texas to, 202–3

  and Jackie’s suggestions for redecorating the Oval Office, 261–62

  Jackie’s thank-you notes to staff at, 272

  JFK body in East Room of, 201, 202, 203, 219, 242–43

  JFK-Jackie’s last night in, 61

  JFK motorcade from Bethesda Naval Hospital to, 201–2

  JFK receptions and dinners at, 61

  LBJ invitations to Jackie to return to, 282

  LBJ move into, 205

  Lincoln family stay in, 205, 271

  Marine honor guard for JFK body at, 202, 242

  renovation of, 56

  school for children at, 262

  White, Theodore, 266–69, 294–95

  Whitman, Walt, 290

  Wicker, Tom, 158

  Wilder, Thornton, 273

  Williams, Bonnie Ray, 113–14, 117, 127–28, 129, 130, 131, 147, 150

  Wilson, Edmund, 273

  Worker journal, 6, 11, 12

  World War II, 12, 24, 26, 35, 58, 135, 151, 166, 181

  Worrell, James, 126–27, 130


  Wyeth, Andrew, 273

  Youngblood, Rufus, 143, 154, 162, 174

  Zapruder, Abraham, 119–20, 122, 124, 126, 130, 133, 135, 143, 217, 290

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  James L. Swanson is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer and its sequel, Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis. Manhunt won an Edgar Award for the best nonfiction crime book of the year. Swanson’s other books include the bestselling classic Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, an adaptation of Manhunt for young readers, and Bloody Times, the young adult version of Bloody Crimes. His pictorial book Lincoln’s Assassins: Their Trial and Execution, is an acclaimed photo history of the crime, the pursuit of the conspirators, and their fates. He was awarded a Historic Deerfield Fellowship in Early American History, and he serves on the advisory council of the Ford’s Theatre Society. He has degrees in history and in law from the University of Chicago and UCLA, and he has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C., including at the United States Department of Justice. Follow him on Twitter @JamesLSwanson.

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  ALSO BY JAMES L. SWANSON

  Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

  Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer

  CREDITS

  Cover design by Adam Johnson

  Cover photographs: top © by Rickerby/Getty Images; bottom © 1967 (Renewed 1995) by The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

  Map of Dealey Plaza by Nick Springer/© 2013 by Springer Cartographics LLC.

  COPYRIGHT

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