The City That Killed the President : A Cultural History of Dallas and the Assassination / Tim Cloward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cloward, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assassination.

Civilization.

Dallas (Tex.)--Civilization--20th century.

Dallas (Tex.).

Dallas (Tex.)--Civilization--21st century.

Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.

Kennedy, John F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : La Reunion Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

"A creative cultural history of Dallas through the lens of its defining twentieth-century event: JFK's assassination. The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, shocked America. Instantly, Dallas was blamed for the killing and labeled 'the City of Hate.' In the half century since the president's murder, the city's artists and writers have produced important, if often overlooked, work that speaks to the difficult burden of our civic shaming. Here are the works of poetry, theater, journalism, art, the actions of our citizens and political leaders, all the fragments of our cultural life that address this often tortured local history. The City that killed the president is a fitful discourse offering a window into Dallas itself, a city reluctant to grapple with its past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Prologue: Saving the Day

1: The Haunted Plaza`

2: Conspiracy A-Go-Go

3: Goodnight Mr. President

4: Flashbulb Memories

Epilogue: Guardians of the Ghost

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781646052387

1646052382

OCLC:

1390923395