Kennedy's avenger : assassination, conspiracy, and the forgotten trial of Jack Ruby / Dan Abrams and David Fisher.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781335914033
- 133591403X
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NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized--and most surprising--criminal trials in history.
No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby quietly slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Millions of Americans witnessed the killing on live television, and yet the event would lead to questions for years to come.
It also would help to spark the conspiracy theories that have continued to resonate today.
Under the long shadow cast by the assassination of America's beloved president, few would remember the bizarre trial that followed three months later in Dallas, Texas. How exactly does one defend a man who was seen pulling the trigger in front of millions? And, more important, how did Jack Ruby, who fired point-blank into Oswald live on television, die an innocent man?
Featuring a colorful cast of characters, including the nation's most flamboyant lawyer pitted against a tough-as-Texas prosecutor, award-winning authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher unveil the astonishing details behind the first major trial of the television century. While it was Jack Ruby who appeared before the jury, it was also the city of Dallas and the American legal system being judged by the world.
"This edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A."--Title page verso.
Examines the story behind the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, live on national television.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388) and index.
On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald on live television. It is part of the conspiracy theories that resonate to this day-- yet few remember the bizarre trial that followed three months later. Abrams and Fisher examine the details behind the first major trail of the television century. How does one defend a man who pulled the trigger in front of millions? And how did Jack Ruby die an innocent man? -- adapted from jacket