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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Sun Nov 10, 2013, 10:47 PM Nov 2013

Question: How Many Books On The JFK Assassination Have YOU Read ??? [View all]

Me... not as much as I should, but...

After watching Oliver Stone's 'JFK'... I marched down to the local bookstore and bought:

And...

Because I couldn't believe what the movie was suggesting. But since these were the two books it was based on... I figured it was my responsibility to read them.

Have since changed my mind. As have many.

And I'm truly curious to find out how may people with opinions here, have read ANY of the books... pro, or con.

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Question: How Many Books On The JFK Assassination Have YOU Read ??? [View all] WillyT Nov 2013 OP

I read "Oswald" by Norman Mailer. RagAss Nov 2013 #1

None. It makes me too sad. Glad they are out there though. Bobby, too. The last of the great libdem4life Nov 2013 #2

I have read too many to recall... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #3

I started with those and Livingstone and Groden's "High Treason". Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #4

Sounds like my reading as well, and in the same order. stopbush Nov 2013 #9

Just one. The second one you posted. I grew up assuming it was a 'lone wolf' right wing lunatic sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #5

Oswald's tale is definitely an interesting and highly unsual one Fumesucker Nov 2013 #24

How many book have you read on 9/11, ESP, UFOs, Roswell? Same Difference. nt Logical Nov 2013 #6

"I marched down to the local bookstore" PETRUS Nov 2013 #7

I read "Chariots Of The Gods" by Eric Von Daniken 40 years ago. Archae Nov 2013 #8

I guess everybody on this thread is nuts meanit Nov 2013 #10

So You Read Them, Huh ??? WillyT Nov 2013 #11

I have not read one single book on Kennedy's assassination. defacto7 Nov 2013 #12

Check Out Jim Marrs' Crossfire... Even In The Preface He Tells You Not To Trust The Book... WillyT Nov 2013 #13

Thanks WillyT... defacto7 Nov 2013 #15

In 2038 I will be 92. Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #21

I know what you mean. defacto7 Nov 2013 #30

A shot of less than 100 yards on a slow moving target is not only likely... Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #36

Posner's Case Closed exboyfil Nov 2013 #14

I still have that paperback edition of On The Trail of the Assassins somewhere. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #16

Does Stephen King's 11/22/63 count? krawhitham Nov 2013 #17

Bizarre that Stephen King used plagiarist Gerald Posner and Edward Epstein MinM Nov 2013 #38

one that influenced me was "Richard Case Nagell: The Man Who Knew Too Much" grasswire Nov 2013 #18

Thank You For That !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #19

Alex Cox with a nice Richard Case Nagell summary (video) MinM Nov 2013 #44

A couple more good books in my bookcase are.. MinM Nov 2013 #45

Many years ago I picked up four or five... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #20

Yeah... I Heard That Gun Was Generally Considered A Piece Of Shit... WillyT Nov 2013 #23

Except the rifle was found to be quite accurate when test-fired. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #31

Keep reading-- the bolt problem is still there... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #32

Not really, no. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #34

Wow. I can't believe I'm actually putting "JFK" on my trashed word list. Iggo Nov 2013 #22

Bye... WillyT Nov 2013 #25

Take it easy... Iggo Nov 2013 #26

None Marrah_G Nov 2013 #27

I read a number of them decades ago but the best one I ever read was Samantha Nov 2013 #28

I have read over 75 books, read the complete Warren Commission report gopiscrap Nov 2013 #29

I probably shouldn't post this, but I will anyway. ZombieHorde Nov 2013 #33

Haven't read any oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #35

None. I won't put money in CTs pockets. HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #37

I saw that episode of The X-Files with the Cigarette Smoking Man. Does that count? Orrex Nov 2013 #39

Top 10 by Lisa Pease MinM Nov 2013 #40

None. I worked with a couple of pathologists who worked on JFK when it happened mulsh Nov 2013 #41

One less than the number of opinions I have on the subject. Coyotl Nov 2013 #42

JFK was assassinated!? rock Nov 2013 #43

One. Four Days: The Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #46