Title
Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination,Used
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In a riveting novel rooted in one of American historys great what ifs, Jim Lehrer tells the story of two men haunted by the events leading up to John F. Kennedys assassination.November 22, 1963. As Air Force One touches down in Dallas, ambitious young newspaper reporter Jack Gilmore races to get the scoop on preparations for President Kennedys motorcade. Will the bubble top on the presidential limousine be up or down? Down, according to veteran Secret Service agent Van Walters. The decision to leave the top down and expose JFK to fire from above will weigh on Vans conscience for decades. But will it also change the course of history?Five years after the assassination, Jack gets an anguished phone call from Vans daughter Marti. Van Walters is ravaged by guilt, so convinced that his actions led to JFKs death that he has lost the will to live. In a desperate bid to deliver her father from his demons, Marti enlists Jacks help in a risky reenactment designed to prove once and for all what would have happened had the bubble top stayed in place on that grim November day.For Jack, its a chance to break a onceinalifetime story that could make his career. But for Van the stakes are even higher. The outcome of a ballistics test conducted on the grounds of a secluded estate in upstate New York might just save his lifeor push him over the edge.A pageturning historical novel with the beating heart of a thriller, Top Down could only have sprung from the fertile imagination of Jim Lehrer. Drawing on his own experience as an eyewitness to the events described, one of Americas most respected journalists has crafted an engrossing story out of the emotional aftershocks of a national tragedy.Praise for Top DownLehrer (formerly the anchor of PBSs NewsHour) draws upon his experiences as a reporter in Dallas on November 22, 1963, for this unusual take on the Kennedy assassination. . . . A refreshing change from the usual conspiracy thrillers about the J.F.K. assassination.Publishers WeeklyA nice fictional counterpoint to the [many] nonfiction books coming out this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination.BookPagePBS newsman and veteran fiction writer Jim Lehrer asks an intriguing question. . . . What if the Secret Service agent who decided not to equip the presidential limousine with its bubble top ended up blaming himself for John F. Kennedy's assassination? . . . Its a promising plot, especially as a cultural take on the event that rocked the country a halfcentury ago.Associated Press
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