TY - BOOK AU - Garrison,Jim TI - On the trail of the assassins: one man's quest to solve the murder of President Kennedy SN - 9781620872994 (pbk.) U1 - 973.922092 23 PY - 2012///, c1988 CY - New York PB - Skyhorse KW - Kennedy, John F. KW - Oswald, Lee Harvey. KW - Shaw, Clay, N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The serenity of ignorance -- The awakening -- War games -- The social triumphs of Lee Oswald -- Setting up the scapegoat -- Deep cover -- The front page -- Covert operations -- The bonds of friendship -- The ides of February -- Checkmate -- Confrontation -- The assault -- The company -- Shell game -- Escape of the assassins -- The reluctant investigators -- The trial of Clay Shaw -- The majesty of the law -- The secret sponsors N2 - On March 1, 1967, New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison shocked the world by arresting local businessman Clay Shaw for conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Returning to print for the first time in years, "On the Trail of the Assassins" is Garrison's own account of his investigations into the background of Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy, and his prosecution of Clay Shaw in the trial that followed. It was the primary source material for Oliver Stone's hit film "JFK". ER -