Kennedy's Avenger

Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

By: Dan Abrams, David Fisher

Narrated by: Dan Abrams, Roger Wayne

New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America’s most publicized—and most surprising—criminal trials in history.

No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby quietly slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Millions of Americans witnessed the killing on live television, and yet the event would lead to questions for years to come.

It also would help to spark the conspiracy theories that have continued to resonate today.

Under the long shadow cast by the assassination of America’s beloved president, few would remember the bizarre trial that followed three months later in Dallas, Texas. How exactly does one defend a man who was seen pulling the trigger in front of millions? And, more important, how did Jack Ruby, who fired point-blank into Oswald live on television, die an innocent man?

Featuring a colorful cast of characters, including the nation’s most flamboyant lawyer pitted against a tough-as-Texas prosecutor, award-winning authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher unveil the astonishing details behind the first major trial of the television century. While it was Jack Ruby who appeared before the jury, it was also the city of Dallas and the American legal system being judged by the world.

The level of detail

I liked the exchanges between the prosecutor and defense lead. The description of the stage and characters within this book were imvaluable

A close look into history

What a great book!! The authors did a thorough job in capturing the Jack Ruby trial. Highly recommend this book. Authors really make you feel like you are back in the sixties.

good listen

always heard of Jack ruby in history classes etc. But this book his mark on history in perspective. never really knew what happened to him.

Amazing

The story behind the headlines just amazing. Really makes me wish I could talk to my Dad about the EEG parts of the trial as he preformed EEG’s for a living

A marathon.

This is an incredibly detailed blow-by-blow of the Ruby trial. When I finished it, I felt like I'd actually sat through the trial. This may be best in smaller doses as, even for a Kennedy assassination aficionado like myself, long sessions with it got to be a bit tedious.