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Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination by Josiah Thompson is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination, Thompson argued that the available physical evidence, corroborating eye-witness accounts, showed that multiple shots were fired at President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, strongly implying the existence of an assassination conspiracy. Based on an examination of the Zapruder film, Thompson's book contends that three individuals fired four shots at Kennedy in Dealey Plaza: the first shot was fired from the Texas School Book Depository and struck Kennedy in the back; the second shot was fired from the Dallas County Records building and struck Governor John Connally; the third and fourth shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository and the "grassy knoll" respectively, and almost simultaneously struck Kennedy in the head. In November 1967, prior to the publication of the book, Fred Winship of the AP wrote that "some of Thompson's conclusions are based on original research in the National Archives, documents and photos not seen by the Warren Commission and interviews with eyewitnesses." In 1991, Bob Hoover of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that Six Seconds in Dallas "remains one of the most plaus

Author
Josiah Thompson
Publisher
B. Geis Associates
Published
1968
Language
EN
Rating
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Updated
2026-03-13

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