Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination
[New York]: Bernard Geis Associates, (1967). First Edition. Black and white photographs, sketches. Hardcover. Octavo. xx, 323 pages.
One of the earliest and most credible refutations of the Warren Commission's conclusions regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Thompson tackles the ample photographic evidence of the assassination, which includes the Zapruder film, films shot by three others that day, and a mountain of still photographs shot by various witnesses. Many of the photographs were published here for the first time.
Thompson, a philosophy professor, analyzes and presents the evidence clearly and logically in this unique reconstruction of those fateful seconds in Dealey Plaza. He relies on objective, physical evidence such as Zapruder film frame analysis, photographic correlations, Dealey Plaza measurements, ballistics trajectories, timing studies, acoustics, and line-of-sight reconstructions. From this objective evidence he concludes that three gunmen fired four shots at the Presidential motorcade--essentially proving a conspiracy.
Includes extensive appendices giving a master list of witnesses, Cyril Wecht's criticism of the JFK autopsy, time calculations made from the Zapruder film, etc.
Ref. GUTH 732; NEWCOMB 668; GIGLIO 4071.
Bound in red paper over boards with blue cloth spine, gilt-stamped ornaments to upper board, spine titled in gilt with stamped rules in red. Photo-illustrated endpapers. A few shallow bumps to spine ends. Jacket has some shallow edge wrinkles, a few rubs, and a cleanly repaired 1" edge tear at top of rear panel. Original price of $8.95 intact at top of front jacket flap. Fine in a near fine jacket. Much better than usually encountered copy of this important book.
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