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The Innocence of Oswald: 50+ Years of Lies, Deception & Deceit in the Murders of President John F. Kennedy & Officer J.D. Tippit
This book proves how the U.S. Government, Lyndon B. Johnson, The Secret Service, FBI, CIA, Mafia Connections and Texas Oil arranged, financed, implemented the assassination and cover-up of our nations 35th President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Includes FBI documents signed by J. Edgar Hoover on 11/23/63 stating the FBI (and Dallas Police) had no fingerprints on the weapons and shell casings Oswald was to have 'allegedly' used to assassinate President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit.
Includes Naval Intelligence documents before and after the assassination of President Kennedy to a self-admitted assassin describing in great detail of the upcoming events of 11/22/63 and the following cover-up.
Includes the document of Jack Ruby admitting to Dallas County Police (while in Dallas County Records Building/Asst. District Attorney Office) on 11/21/63, 'You probably don't know me now, but you will.'
Book contains 64 color photographs/documents and 56 Black and White.
Includes FBI documents signed by J. Edgar Hoover on 11/23/63 stating the FBI (and Dallas Police) had no fingerprints on the weapons and shell casings Oswald was to have 'allegedly' used to assassinate President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit.
Includes Naval Intelligence documents before and after the assassination of President Kennedy to a self-admitted assassin describing in great detail of the upcoming events of 11/22/63 and the following cover-up.
Includes the document of Jack Ruby admitting to Dallas County Police (while in Dallas County Records Building/Asst. District Attorney Office) on 11/21/63, 'You probably don't know me now, but you will.'
Book contains 64 color photographs/documents and 56 Black and White.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2016
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May 12, 2016
Highly recommend this book to anyone who wants answers about the murder of our 35th president. A digestible, easy read, with some side humor that keeps it light as you delve into History and the lies of the Warren Commission. Thank you Gary Fannin for making your life's work about uncovering the truth. Well done!
January 30, 2024
Much Interesting Information, Poorly Presented
I read this book because I have taken a renewed interest in the Kennedy assassination, and was intrigued by all the factual material included in the text. There are many photos and facsimiles of original documents. However, the book was in desperate need of an editor. There are numerous typos, many grammatical errors, and even several repeated sentences. There are redundancies where the author makes the same point more than once, using almost the identical language. I regret that the book is so poorly written because it does contain some very intriguing ideas and a number of original documents.
I read this book because I have taken a renewed interest in the Kennedy assassination, and was intrigued by all the factual material included in the text. There are many photos and facsimiles of original documents. However, the book was in desperate need of an editor. There are numerous typos, many grammatical errors, and even several repeated sentences. There are redundancies where the author makes the same point more than once, using almost the identical language. I regret that the book is so poorly written because it does contain some very intriguing ideas and a number of original documents.
July 5, 2025
Poorly Edited
Very interesting book with lots of information, some I never heard before. However, the book is very poorly edited with many, too many, grammatical errors which made the book difficult to read as the errors were a major and frustrating distraction.
Very interesting book with lots of information, some I never heard before. However, the book is very poorly edited with many, too many, grammatical errors which made the book difficult to read as the errors were a major and frustrating distraction.
March 6, 2023
I need to make clear that I didn’t finish this book. I couldn’t because the typos and grammar were so blatantly awful. There are plenty of other books that offer more, and are a pleasure to read.
April 4, 2016
I could not put this book down. I usually read two or three books at a time, picking them up and putting them down as the mood strikes me, but this book I read straight through from the moment I picked it up.
The Innocence of Oswald isn’t your typical 800 page JFK assassination tome laying out every last detail of political backstory. Usually those books are slogs and only end up attempting to explain that, despite all the intrigue, Oswald was a lone nut who pulled off this (literal) coup on his own. I have long been unconvinced by that narrative–probably since I was old enough to understand that Oswald said “I’m a patsy,” and soon after was himself assassinated while in police custody–but the truth of what exactly did happen has remained to me uncertain. I have boiled it down to the likelihood that either the CIA did it or LBJ did it or both.
Fannin leans to the Johnson explanation and provides some compelling evidence for that position, particularly an accounting of LBJ’s bizarre demand that he be sworn in on Air Force One as it was about to fly JFK’s body to DC, insisting Jackie leave her husband’s casket and stand at the new president’s side just two hours after she scrambled to pick up the pieces of JFK’s brain as he was assassinated beside her.
Fannin’s conclusions were fascinating and well-supported, but they weren’t what kept me riveted to the book. What kept me turning page after page was the book’s cataloging of the copious evidence that weighs against the notion that Oswald was a lone assassin. Fannin’s presentation of the evidence was not bogged down by every nuance of the events of the day, nor did the author bury the evidence among assumptions and speculation that can obscure the facts in many of the bulkier treatments of the subject. Because of this, however, I found that already having a working knowledge of the events and controversies surrounding the assassination was helpful in getting the most out of the book.
The Innocence of Oswald is self-published so it doesn’t have the high polish a big publishing house would give it, but it’s well-worth the trade-off to have at your fingertips an uncensored, scrupulously researched collection of convincing evidence against the fatally flawed mainstream narrative of an event that marked the dawning of a new age in government power and media collusion.
The Innocence of Oswald isn’t your typical 800 page JFK assassination tome laying out every last detail of political backstory. Usually those books are slogs and only end up attempting to explain that, despite all the intrigue, Oswald was a lone nut who pulled off this (literal) coup on his own. I have long been unconvinced by that narrative–probably since I was old enough to understand that Oswald said “I’m a patsy,” and soon after was himself assassinated while in police custody–but the truth of what exactly did happen has remained to me uncertain. I have boiled it down to the likelihood that either the CIA did it or LBJ did it or both.
Fannin leans to the Johnson explanation and provides some compelling evidence for that position, particularly an accounting of LBJ’s bizarre demand that he be sworn in on Air Force One as it was about to fly JFK’s body to DC, insisting Jackie leave her husband’s casket and stand at the new president’s side just two hours after she scrambled to pick up the pieces of JFK’s brain as he was assassinated beside her.
Fannin’s conclusions were fascinating and well-supported, but they weren’t what kept me riveted to the book. What kept me turning page after page was the book’s cataloging of the copious evidence that weighs against the notion that Oswald was a lone assassin. Fannin’s presentation of the evidence was not bogged down by every nuance of the events of the day, nor did the author bury the evidence among assumptions and speculation that can obscure the facts in many of the bulkier treatments of the subject. Because of this, however, I found that already having a working knowledge of the events and controversies surrounding the assassination was helpful in getting the most out of the book.
The Innocence of Oswald is self-published so it doesn’t have the high polish a big publishing house would give it, but it’s well-worth the trade-off to have at your fingertips an uncensored, scrupulously researched collection of convincing evidence against the fatally flawed mainstream narrative of an event that marked the dawning of a new age in government power and media collusion.
January 2, 2019
I'll never be able to wrap my brain around the JFK theories because there are too many people, events, etc., brought up in books like this. I don't think the average person can be expected to fact check the life events of a person who was on the periphery of events in which s/he may or may not have played a role. I don't doubt that something fishy happened with JFK. I don't think it was an expertly planned operation, though. And while I think LBJ benefited, I don't think he planned it.
I'm more inclined to think that Oswald worked for the government (verified), the CIA funded anti-Cuba actions (verified), and that Oswald was affiliated with anti-Cuba folks. I suspect that anti-Cuba folks killed JFK and either Oswald was involved or was a patsy. And that the FBI, CIA, et al. played a role in hushing it all up because to do otherwise would have exposed the government's widespread nefarious covert operations at a time when these weren't a well-known entity.
"LBJ/CIA killed JFK" is so ludicrous that it turns people off of "conspiracy theories" to the point where "U.S. government kills civilians in Laos," "U.S. government overthrows democratically elected leader of ___," etc., also come across as "conspiracy theories." I'm irritated by the JFK assassination not because I don't care--but because it's led to the present day reality of people thinking that half of our government's foreign policy actions are "conspiracy theories" rather than historical facts.
RE: rating, Fannin jumbles too much here. I could also happily live without the nationalism expressed at the end of the book. Isn't that the sort of misguided silliness which led to this whole mess? No government is sacred and good, least of all the United States government. Put down the flag already.
I'm more inclined to think that Oswald worked for the government (verified), the CIA funded anti-Cuba actions (verified), and that Oswald was affiliated with anti-Cuba folks. I suspect that anti-Cuba folks killed JFK and either Oswald was involved or was a patsy. And that the FBI, CIA, et al. played a role in hushing it all up because to do otherwise would have exposed the government's widespread nefarious covert operations at a time when these weren't a well-known entity.
"LBJ/CIA killed JFK" is so ludicrous that it turns people off of "conspiracy theories" to the point where "U.S. government kills civilians in Laos," "U.S. government overthrows democratically elected leader of ___," etc., also come across as "conspiracy theories." I'm irritated by the JFK assassination not because I don't care--but because it's led to the present day reality of people thinking that half of our government's foreign policy actions are "conspiracy theories" rather than historical facts.
RE: rating, Fannin jumbles too much here. I could also happily live without the nationalism expressed at the end of the book. Isn't that the sort of misguided silliness which led to this whole mess? No government is sacred and good, least of all the United States government. Put down the flag already.
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October 1, 2025It was an interesting story.
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