Mortal Error: the Shot That Killed Jfk

Brief Description: "A ballistics expert's astonishing discovery of the fatal bullet that Oswald did not fire"--Cover. Brief Description: In 1967, a Baltimore man named Howard Donahue began investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Like countless Americans, Donahue was fascinated by the events in Dallas. But what separated him from other amateur sleuths, and even the Warren Commission experts, was a lifetime's experience with guns and ballistics. In Mortal Error, Bonar Menninger chronicles Donahue's twenty-five-year investigation of President Kennedy's death and the stunning revelation it led him to. In crisp, rapid-fire prose, Menninger relates one of the greatest true-life detective stories ever told. More important, he offers solutions to questions that have haunted America for 50 years. Biographical Note: Bonar Menninger is the author of And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado, published by Emerald Book Co. in 2010. Menninger earned a degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. He has worked for a range of publications, both on staff and as a freelancer, since 1984. He's done investigative reporting for the Kansas City Business Journal and Washington Business Journal and also has covered general business and healthcare for numerous online and print publications. Marc Notes: First published by St. Martin's Press in 1992--Title page verso.; A ballistics expert's astonishing discovery of the fatal bullet that Oswald did not fire--Cover.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-350) and index.; In 1967, a Baltimore man named Howard Donahue began investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Like countless Americans, Donahue was fascinated by the events in Dallas. But what separated him from other amateur sleuths, and even the Warren Commission experts, was a lifetime's experience with guns and ballistics. In Mortal Error, Bonar Menninger chronicles Donahue's twenty-five-year investigation of President Kennedy's death and the stunning revelation it led him to. In crisp, rapid-fire prose, Menninger relates one of the greatest true-life detective stories ever told. More important, he offers solutions to questions that have haunted America for 50 years. Review Citations:

Booklist 04/15/1992 pg. 1489 (EAN 9780312080747, Hardcover)

Library Journal 06/01/1992 (EAN 9780312080747, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Menninger, Bonar Bonar Menninger is the author of And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado, published by Emerald Book Co. in 2010. Menninger earned a degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. He has worked for a range of publications, both on staff and as a freelancer, since 1984. He's done investigative reporting for the Kansas City Business Journal and Washington Business Journal and also has covered general business and healthcare for numerous online and print publications.