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    Tragedy in Dallas: The Story of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    Tragedy in Dallas: The Story of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    Tragedy in Dallas: The Story of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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    Tragedy in Dallas: The Story of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    By Steven Otfinoski

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    In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781515714033
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    Steven Otfinoski

    Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat.

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      Tragedy in Dallas - Steven Otfinoski

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      Foreword

      1: WHAT’S IN THE PACKAGE, LEE?

      2: YOU CAN’T SAY THAT DALLAS DOESN’T LOVE YOU

      3: MY GOD, THEY ARE GOING TO KILL US ALL!

      4: HOW COULD A MAN SHOOT THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY?

      5: I’M JACK RUBY, YOU ALL KNOW ME!

      6: DEAR JACK

      Epilogue

      Timeline

      Glossary

      Critical Thinking Using the Common Core

      Internet Sites

      Further Reading

      Selected Bibliography

      Index

      About the Author

      Copyright

      Back Cover

      FOREWORD

      On Thursday, November 21, 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, said good-bye to their two children and left Washington, D.C. The Kennedys were flying to San Antonio at the start of a three-day tour through Texas. Before leaving, the president promised his son, John (known to the public as John John), that he would be back to celebrate John’s third birthday on Monday.

      The Texas trip was an important one for Kennedy. He hoped to improve relationships between conservative and liberal Democrats in the state while gaining support for the upcoming 1964 election. Kennedy planned to run for a second term, and Texas held a large number of electoral votes he needed to win. Even though his vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was from Texas, there were strong anti-Kennedy feelings in the state, especially in the conservative city of Dallas. Kennedy hoped that he and Jackie could charm Texans on this trip and win some of them over.

      Air Force One landed in San Antonio at 1:30 p.m. Vice President Johnson had also just arrived, but he waited with Texas Governor John Connally to greet the president. Afterward the Kennedys attended the dedication of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base. Then they flew to Houston and the president spoke to the League of United Latin American Citizens at the Rice Hotel. Next the presidential party attended a dinner at the Sam Houston Coliseum. That night the Kennedys flew to Fort Worth, where a third motorcade took them to the Texas Hotel for a well-earned night’s rest. The first day of the Texas tour had gone extremely well. So far the crowds had been enthusiastic and there was every reason to hope that people in Dallas would be just as friendly and welcoming when they met them the next day.

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      WHAT’S IN THE PACKAGE, LEE?

      Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald

      Lee Harvey Oswald

      2515 West Fifth Street, Irving, Texas, November 22, 1963, 7:00 a.m. (Central Standard Time)

      Lee Harvey Oswald dressed quietly, preparing for the day. Turning around, he saw that his wife, Marina, was awake and looking at him. He continued dressing in silence, knowing they had little to say to one another. Although he still spent time in Marina’s home, their marriage, for all practical purposes, was over.

      The house belonged to Ruth Paine, a good friend of Marina’s. Oswald stayed at the house some nights to visit with his two daughters, but yesterday he had found himself an unwelcome guest. He usually came on a Friday night, but this time showed up on a Thursday instead. Marina was not pleased, and all his pleading with her to get back together only seemed to harden her resolve to keep him away.

      At 24 years of age, Oswald had felt like a misfit for as long as he could remember. Now he seemed to be facing nothing but dead ends in his life. A former Marine, he defected to the Soviet Union in 1959, hoping to find a better life there under Communism. But the government gave him a boring factory job in Minsk, and he quickly became disillusioned with the Communist system.

      When Oswald met Marina at a dance in 1961, it seemed like the best thing to happen to him during his time in Russia. They were married six weeks later. He returned to the United States with Marina in 1962. By then they had a daughter, June, but their marriage was falling apart. Oswald was disappointed by how quickly Marina fell in love with America and its materialism. He knew that she could not forgive his inability to support her and June financially. Marina soon began living with Paine, a Quaker who wanted Marina to teach her Russian.

      Oswald had reached a crossroads in his life. He was stuck in a poor-paying job packing textbooks at the Texas

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