Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation

This informative book that the author, Joanne Freeman, focuses on a constructive journey of providing a comprehensive re-examination of the political culture that was exhibited in the historical orientation of American. The text has revealed an overwhelming unstable and a strange political world that is founded on the values of a code of honor and this has been achieved by exploring different materials that had focused on both the private and public figures. Relevant information explored are from key figures found in the history of America, including Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr, which Freeman has utilized in building a strong argument on the subject of the book (Freeman, 2002).

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, otherwise known as JFK, was an important figure in the lives of many during the 1960s. Due to this, many works have been written regarding the details of his assassination as well as his legacy. In every piece, a unique perspective of this appalling event is portrayed. The excerpt from the biography, “A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas” by Marta Randall, presents this event in the most concise yet informative manner and is the most compelling piece that portrays the legacy of JFK.

Bill O’Reilly’s and Martin Dugard’s book Killing Lincoln delves into the events leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the repercussions upon the people involved, as well as a detailed analysis of the ongoing war efforts and the affects one has upon the other. While unraveling the conspiracy and its members, the reader is given compelling evidence and speculative reasoning that leads the reader to believe that the plot to assassinate Lincoln involves additional people, and could in fact be a conspiracy that reaches into the regions of power far above what is historically proven.

It was extraordinary how the author was able to intertwine multiple different stories into one book. She included President Garfield’s assassination, Roscoe Conkling exploiting the spoils system in American government, Joseph Lister’s journey with attempting a sterile environment while operating, and Alexander Graham Bell making a metal detector to try and find the bullet stuck inside the president.

This is an amazing book that the author, Joanne Freeman, focus on a constructive journey of providing a comprehensive re-examination of the political culture that was exhibited in the historical orientation of American. The text has revealed an overwhelmingly unstable and strange political world that is founded on the values of code of honor and this has been achieved by exploring different materials that had focused on both the private and public figures. Relevant information explored are from key figures found in the history of America, including Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr, which Freeman has utilized in building a strong argument on the subject of the

The origin of James McKinley’s book was written just a little more than ten years after JFK’s assassination. It is a book compiled of the accounts of 12 famous political figures in American History. In Assassination in America, the purpose of the reading is to examine the complex circumstances surrounding the assassination by recreating the background and drama encompassing the murder. The value of Assassination in America is that it was written just ten years after Kennedy’s assassination, so one is able to recall details more precisely, giving a more accurate account than a book written fifty years after the event. The limitations of McKinley’s book include the fact that his book not only includes details about Kennedy’s assassination, but also the accounts of other well-known assassinations in our history.

“The President Has Been Shot” the Assassination of John F. Kennedy tells the story of one of the most horrifying events in American history. James L. Swanson takes the reader through the events leading up to the assassination and depicts the sunny, Texas afternoon on November 22, 1963 with dramatic details and an impeccable perspective.

John F. Kennedy is one of the most widely respected presidents in American history, with a plethora of books and movies about him. One such book, probably the most popular, is Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. Killing Kennedy is a novel describing the life and presidential term of John Kennedy and his family while in office. The book also follows the brief history of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, describing his past and the actions that could have prompted him to become an assassin. O’Reilly and Dugard have as unbiased a view as they can possibly get, telling the reader the whole truth about John F. Kennedy, good or bad. The reader gets the whole view of JFK, instead of the sugarcoated image the media has presented of him and his term as president. They portray JFK as the man he is. He was not a good husband, as unfaithful as he was. John F. Kennedy was a great president, there’s no doubt about that. But as a man, he is ruled by his libido, and controlled by his bodily urges.

Shortly before 11 o’clock on the morning of the assassination, Julia Ann Mercer was driving through Dealey Plaza. Her car was held up in traffic on Elm Street, close to a parked pick–up

Killing Kennedy is a historical nonfiction book written by Bill O’Reilly, the anchor of the O’Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and an author by the name of Martin Dugard. Bill O’Reilly has a reputation for presenting world events in a “fair and balanced” manner. This work is no exception. Killing Kennedy illustrates the United States 35th President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s life, presidency, and death in a way that makes the reader not want to stop turning the pages. O’Reilly made a presidential assassination into a human-interest story. Killing Kennedy brought little pieces of history that I’ve learned throughout the course of my education and put them all into perspective.

On the night of April 4 1968, people gathered to listen to the wise words of Robert F. Kennedy. What many thought was going to be a political speech soon took a twist, and the news of Martin Luther King’s assassination was announced and out to the public. Gasps and tears quickly erupted while everyone was gathered around Robert Kennedy’s pickup truck as he stood high above all trying to bring hope and comfort to those who lost someone that fought for their equality, rights and freedom. Kennedy's speech was powerful and successful because of the way he showed empathy to the crowed. He related the tragic scenario to his own life bringing comfort to the many broken hearted and showed both sides of the situation using contrasting forms. Lastly, Kennedy’s speech consisted of repetition with the use of anaphora.

On the fateful night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln attended a special performance of the comedy, Our American Cousin, accompanied by his wife, Mary Todd, Major Henry Rathbone, and Rathbone’s fiancee, Clara Harris. Little did he know that a figure, armed with a drawn pistol, would step into his presidential box and fatally wound him to appease the appetite for vengeance shared by many Confederate sympathizers. Yelling “Sic semper tyrannis,” the figure scrambled to safety in the dark of the night after tasting the short-lived sweet taste of revenge, while his accomplice ran for his life after a failed assassination attempt of Secretary William Seward. This assassin had embarked on

For an expository piece, the author needs to understand the information and present it in a way which is clear to the reader. What student 5B has done well is include textual evidence from President John F. Kennedy’s speech, what they have failed to do is organize their paper in a way that follows the guidelines they have set from their introduction, what this does is confuse the reader and leave them with questions which cannot be answered by generalization such as, “America was happy they had went to the moon.” It was hard to tell If this statement was meant to be the conclusion or if the student did not have a chance to write a conclusion, as a result of this the paper felt incomplete.

Compared to Kennedy’s speech, Eleanor Clift’s, “ Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On,” utilizes a journalistic approach while still appealing to ethos and pathos to achieve her purpose. Clift establishes her credibility through the use of many direct quotes within her article rather than establishing shared values like within Kennedy’s speech. The article is structured so that each paragraph of the article is the recollection of a different person who attended; a different perspective of the inauguration is discussed each time in chronological order rather than the use of parallelism and climax. At the same time, Clift appeals to pathos, similar to Kennedy, but instead uses anecdotes rather than figurative language. An example of which is seen in the quote, “We forget, looking back on it, how powerful the anti-catholic was,” which states the difficulty Kennedy faced in the election due to his affiliation with Catholicism. The quote is then followed up further in the text with the quote, “We had to win in West Virginia to prove that a Catholic could win because there were so few Catholics there, only 1 or 2 percent.” A feeling of inspiration and respect toward Kennedy is created similar to the feelings patriotism stirred during his inauguration speech. Clift establishes her article in a different

Longitudes and Attitudes is made up of Friedman’s New York Times columns as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections as he travels to Europe, the Mideast, and the Far East. He talks with the major players in the story and to men and women in the streets as he develops and refines his unique perspective on the new kind of war America finds itself fighting. And he help us to understand who ‘they’ are, and reassures us about who ‘we’ are. In the author’s words, the result is ‘a ‘word album’ that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September 11 and its