Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns : A Reporter's Story ~ Wilborne Hampton

by Reporter's Story

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This Sale is For One (1) Copy of Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns A Reporter's Story By Wilborne Hampton 96 Pages Illustrated The astonishing story of a cub reporter who was there on the day that the president died. On November 22, 1963 ~ the phone rang in the Dallas U.P.I. office. Wilborn Hampton ~ a cub reporter ~ answered and heard these words: "Three shots fired!" It was the voice of the U.P.I. White House reporter The gunshots had been fired at President Kennedy — and young Hampton was the first to receive the news This is his story ~ a riveting account of a young man swept into the white-hot core of a tragedy that would shake the world It is also a minute-by-minute chronicle of how reporters collected the facts of the major news story of the twentieth century Kennedy Assassinated! will leave readers with an unforgettable sense of the shock ~ grief ~ and enduring loss that every American experienced that day Back matter includes a bibliography and an index The book is in very good ~ pre-owned condition Please view photos for a good description of this item Thank you!

• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Year: 1997
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781564028112
• Condition: Fine

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