In End of Days James L. Swanson the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln s Killer brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination--from the Kennedys arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking aftermath that continues to reverberate in our national consciousness fifty years later. The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22 1963 has been the subject of enduring debate speculation and numerous conspiracy theories but Swanson s absorbing and complete account follows the event hour-by-hour from the moment Lee Harvey Oswald conceived of the crime three days before its execution to his own murder two days later at a Dallas Police precinct at the hands of Jack Ruby a two-bit nightclub owner. Based on sweeping research never before collected so powerfully in a single volume and illustrated with photographs End of Days distills Kennedy s assassination into a pulse-pounding thriller that is sure to become the definitive popular account of this historic crime for years to come.