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p. 687: Journalists echoed: Charles Bartlett, "The Waiting Game," April 7, 1963; Fred Travis to Bartlett, May 20, 1963, Box 28, POF. David Beetle, "Kennedy Holding Fast to '60 Voters," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 12, 1963, Box 31, Sorensen Papers. Sept. 12, 1963, Box 31, Sorensen Papers.
p. 687: JFK's view of 1964: Comment to George Brown, Oct. 24, 1963, Audiotape 117/A53; "JFK-on Re-election," Jan. 1963, Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 687: Westchester chairman: William Luddy to Ken O'Donnell, Nov. 7, 1963, Box 1, Kenneth O'Donnell Papers, JFKL.
p. 688: Doubts about winning the southern black vote: Guthman and Shulman, 106.
p. 688: Start of the campaign: O'Donnell and Powers, 379; "Notes on JFK Meetings," Nov. 20, 1963, Box 6, h.e.l.ler Papers.
p. 688: New Jersey: Walter Pozen to O'Donnell, Nov. 6, 1963, Box 1, O'Donnell Papers.
pp. 688-89: The South: JFK TV Interview, Sept. 2, 1963, Box 14, Powers Papers; Louis Harris to JFK, Sept. 3, 1963, Box 30, POF; "Farley Predicts JFK Victory," Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Journal, Oct. 21, 1963. Oct. 21, 1963.
p. 689: The hard right: Meyer Feldman to JFK, Aug. 15, 1963, Box 63, POF.
pp. 689-90: JFK on Goldwater: O'Donnell and Powers, 13; PPP: JFK, 1963, PPP: JFK, 1963, 828. 828.
p. 690: Rockefeller and JFK: Roswell L. Gilpatric OH; Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 121; Gallup, 1810, 1820, 1826, 1830-36. 121; Gallup, 1810, 1820, 1826, 1830-36.
pp. 690-91: The Nov. 13 meeting: O'Donnell and Powers, 386-87; Guthman and Shulman, 343, 388, 390-93; Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 603-4; Richard Reeves, 655-57. 603-4; Richard Reeves, 655-57.
p. 691: The trip to Florida: PPP: JFK, 1963, PPP: JFK, 1963, 860-77. 860-77.
pp. 691-92: Origins of the Texas trip and JFK's affinity for campaigning: Ibid., 443-44; O'Donnell and Powers, 3-5, 11-13, 386-87; Guthman and Shulman, 344; Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 46. 46.
p. 692: JFK the morning of Nov. 21: Powers Diary, Nov. 21, 1963, Box 15, Powers Papers.
p. 692: JFK's Nov. 21 schedule in Texas is described in ibid., and by O'Donnell and Powers, 20-23.
p. 693: Doubts about wisdom of visiting Texas: Byron Skelton to RFK, Nov. 4, 1963, Box 36, RFK Confidential File; O'Donnell and Powers, 18-20, 23-25.
pp. 693-94: For Oswald's movements, see Posner.
p. 695: "I do not wish": Isaiah Berlin to Schlesinger, Nov. 28, 1963, Box 36, RFK Confidential File.
p. 695: "I never knew": Reinhold Niebuhr to Schlesinger, Nov. 29, 1963, ibid.
p. 695: "America now": Earl Warren to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, Dec. 1963, Box 104, Earl Warren Papers, LC.
p. 696: Jacqueline Kennedy on the secret service, JFK's doctors, and spoke lovingly: Dr. James M. Young to author, Dec. 21, 2002, and telephone conversation with Young, Dec. 30, 2002.
pp. 696-97: Jacqueline Kennedy and JFK's funeral and burial: Manchester, 490-91, 541-42, 550; Hamilton, xix-xxiv. Leaming, 345-50.
p. 697: "needed the myth": Evan Thomas, 285.
p. 697: Describing Kennedy's death: Theodore White, "For President Kennedy an Epilogue," Life, Life, Dec. 6, 1963. Dec. 6, 1963.
p. 697: "would have provoked": Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 632. 632.
p. 697: On Joe and Rose: Hamilton, xx; Rose Kennedy, 442-46.
pp. 697-98: On RFK: Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 611-20; and Evan Thomas, chap. 15. 611-20; and Evan Thomas, chap. 15.
p. 698: On LBJ, the a.s.sa.s.sination, the Warren Commission, and public opinion, see Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 50-53. Anthony Lewis is quoted on 53. 50-53. Anthony Lewis is quoted on 53.
pp. 698-99: The best study of the Warren Commission will be in a forthcoming book on the subject by Max Holland. In the meantime, see Max Holland, "After Thirty Years: Making Sense of the a.s.sa.s.sination," Reviews in American History, Reviews in American History, vol. 22 (1994), 191-209; Max Holland, "The Key to the Warren Report," vol. 22 (1994), 191-209; Max Holland, "The Key to the Warren Report," American Heritage, American Heritage, Nov. 1995, 50-64, and Posner, Nov. 1995, 50-64, and Posner, Case Closed Case Closed.
pp. 698-99: The polls: Gallup, 1854, 2044; New York Times, New York Times, Jan. 5, 1992; Jan. 5, 1992; New York Times Book Review, New York Times Book Review, Feb. 2, 1992. Feb. 2, 1992.
pp. 699-702: JFK's hold on public's imagination and a.s.sessments by critics: Thomas C. Reeves, especially 3, 6-7, 10-11, 418-19; Hersh, xi, 5-6, 10; Mike Feinsilber, "The Kennedy Legend," a.s.sociated Press release, Jan. 7, 1998; Alvin S. Felzenberg, "JFK: not one for the (history) books: Historians give him a B-, though to many people he earned an A+," Boston Sunday Globe, Boston Sunday Globe, Nov. 15, 1998; "Ranking the Presidents, results of a study released by the Federalist society for law and public policy studies," Nov. 16, 2000, Nov. 15, 1998; "Ranking the Presidents, results of a study released by the Federalist society for law and public policy studies," Nov. 16, 2000, Wall Street Journal; Wall Street Journal; Gallup polls, Presidents Day, 1999, 2000, 2001. Gallup polls, Presidents Day, 1999, 2000, 2001.
Epilogue
p. 705: Autopsy notes and Bobby persuaded Burkley: Conversation with Dr. James Young, Nov. 25, 2002.
p. 705: Burned his files: Conversation with William Herbst Jr., Nov. 22, 2002.
pp. 707-8: On Byron White, see Hutchinson, and White's obituary: New York Times, New York Times, April 16, 2002. April 16, 2002.
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