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Autobiography of Lee Harvey Oswald: My Life in My Words
"This is a 'must read' for anyone with an interest in the Kennedy assassination, its impact on the American political system, and the controversies that surrounded it then." —Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI).
"Reading the words of this infamous man is more illuminating than a dozen volumes of analysis of his character. This book fills a definite niche in American history and is long overdue Holloway uses professionalism and competent knowledge of history to create an engaging biography of an enigmatic man." —Morgan Ann Adams, Charlotte Austin Review.
"A breath of fresh air in the JFK assassination literature." —Judge Robert Finn, former FBI agent.
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John Kennedy, has remained a mystery for 45 years. Using Oswald's letters, speeches, radio interviews, brief autobiography, job/college applications, diary, book about Russia, and words according to those who knew him, the editor has fashioned his autobiography from childhood to death. Jack Ruby's testimony and lie detector test are included for readers to learn his motivation in killing Oswald. New materials such as papers given to President Clinton by Premier Boris Yeltsin and documents found in 2008 in the Dallas safe of District Attorney Henry Wade are included.
"Reading the words of this infamous man is more illuminating than a dozen volumes of analysis of his character. This book fills a definite niche in American history and is long overdue Holloway uses professionalism and competent knowledge of history to create an engaging biography of an enigmatic man." —Morgan Ann Adams, Charlotte Austin Review.
"A breath of fresh air in the JFK assassination literature." —Judge Robert Finn, former FBI agent.
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John Kennedy, has remained a mystery for 45 years. Using Oswald's letters, speeches, radio interviews, brief autobiography, job/college applications, diary, book about Russia, and words according to those who knew him, the editor has fashioned his autobiography from childhood to death. Jack Ruby's testimony and lie detector test are included for readers to learn his motivation in killing Oswald. New materials such as papers given to President Clinton by Premier Boris Yeltsin and documents found in 2008 in the Dallas safe of District Attorney Henry Wade are included.
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Diane Holloway Cheney
30 booksDr. Diane Holloway Cheney (also published as Diane Holloway) was a psychiatric nurse at Dallas' Parkland Hospital when President Kennedy was killed, in training to be a psychologist. She later wrote three books about the JFK assassination (encouraged by FBI director James Abbott, because the case was left unsolved). Her work as a psychoanalytic psychologist shifted when she was hired to develop the first assessment center for the Dallas Police Department. Mayor Annette Strauss appointed her as Drug Coordinator for the City of Dallas. As Drug Czar, she had complete access to documents obtained when police raided Oswald and his Russian wife's living quarters. Ten years of research enriched her works about Oswald.
She writes her own books and helps others write. She and her co-authors, Johannes F. Spreen and Bob Cheney, won first place for nonfiction in the Arizona Authors Association Annual Contest for Who Killed New Orleans? (2005).
She writes her own books and helps others write. She and her co-authors, Johannes F. Spreen and Bob Cheney, won first place for nonfiction in the Arizona Authors Association Annual Contest for Who Killed New Orleans? (2005).
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October 26, 2015
If you think the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the events leading up to his murder, and the subsequent fallout that ensued have all been exhaustively presented over the years, you’re probably right. Countless books, movies, documentaries, and investigate research have all explored the various details of the tragic killing, so much so that anyone can claim to be an expert on the subject – even those born in the years since the event occurred. On the contrary, not as much attention has been paid to Kennedy’s purported assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Aside from being described as a militant loner with a troubled past, relatively fewer books and media offerings have been dedicated to expounding on Oswald’s life and legacy.
For anyone interested in learning more about the man accused of one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th Century, Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald is the book for you. The title is a bit of a misnomer (Oswald himself didn’t actually write the book; rather, the volume is comprised of diaries, essays, interviews, and other personal declarations of his), but the information presented within is clearly thoroughly researched and well presented. In compiling this eye-opening tome, author and psychologist Diane Holloway relies on everything from Oswald’s job and college applications to recently discovered documentation from the then-Dallas District Attorney; as such, rather than a work of heretical hearsay and the “insights” of questionable associates, Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald gives a full-on account of its chosen subject in his own words, thoughts, and deeds.
Conspiracy theorists will always abound, but nothing trumps suspicion like the truth. In Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald, Holloway provides a healthy dose of veracity to debunk any lingering theories about President Kennedy’s accused killer.
Jane Watkins
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For anyone interested in learning more about the man accused of one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th Century, Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald is the book for you. The title is a bit of a misnomer (Oswald himself didn’t actually write the book; rather, the volume is comprised of diaries, essays, interviews, and other personal declarations of his), but the information presented within is clearly thoroughly researched and well presented. In compiling this eye-opening tome, author and psychologist Diane Holloway relies on everything from Oswald’s job and college applications to recently discovered documentation from the then-Dallas District Attorney; as such, rather than a work of heretical hearsay and the “insights” of questionable associates, Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald gives a full-on account of its chosen subject in his own words, thoughts, and deeds.
Conspiracy theorists will always abound, but nothing trumps suspicion like the truth. In Autobiography Of Lee Harvey Oswald, Holloway provides a healthy dose of veracity to debunk any lingering theories about President Kennedy’s accused killer.
Jane Watkins
Apex Reviews
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