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1963
FIRST EDITION
THE TORCH IS PASSED...
BY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAUL PETT
SID MOODY
HUGH MULLIGAN
AND
TOM HENSHAW
A FOREWORD. . . . . .
One yearns even now, with an almost irresistable force, to be able to file the disclaimer frequently seen at this stage of a book: "All of the characters herein portrayed are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. " But the fact won't be wished away and the long night remains, not a bad dream, but a reality to haunt us all the days of our lives. There is implicit in all human tragedy a waste, a pointlessness. Tragedy unobserved is even more pointless. But tragedy unremembered surely must rank with profound sin. Thus, this chronicle of four days in November, 1963, is written, not to revive shock and tears, but to remember. Thus, we write in the hope that those who come after us will find an insight and a wisdom and a workable moral out of these events which so far elude us who lived with them. To those in the future who may learn from the past, this book is hopefully dedicated.
Saul Pett
Publisher Description:
A fully illustrated pictorial and documentary of the moments leading up to, during and after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. This book was written and photographed by the men and women of the Associated Press, while the world came to a halt, grief stricken with horror on this Black Friday in Dallas, the press keeping us informed and up to date on the assassination of JFK. This is a collectible 99 page book memorial in large format and well illustrated featuring many full page B&W and Color photographs including a stunning portrait of Jackie Kennedy.
About the Author:
A native of Passaic, N.J., Mr. Pett graduated in 1940 from the school of journalism at the University of Missouri. He joined The Associated Press in New York in 1946 and retired in 1991. A veteran for 45 years.
Saul Pett, whose reporting and writing for The Associated Press earned him a Pulitzer Prize.
On June 13, 1993 at the age of 75, Pett died of cancer at a friend's home in McLean, Va.
Newspaper Article:
On Friday, March 6, 1964. The Miami Herald newspaper had a brief article on the Arlington Cemetery grave of President John F. Kennedy.
Remembrance of the funeral November 25, 1963.
Amy Vanderbilt article about visiting the Grave.
*VERY GOOD CONDITION*
THE BOOK COVER HAS MINOR SHELF WEAR
SPINE OF BOOK COVER HAS LITTLE WEAR AND IS BUMPED ON THE BOTTOM
FRONT AND BACK OF BOOK COVER IS BUMPED ON THE CORNERS, APART FROM THAT THE BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
THE BOOK HAS NORMAL SHELF WEAR
PUBLISHED BY WESTERN PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING CO.
99 PAGES
ILLUSTRATED
INCLUDED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
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