Killing Lincoln? Killing Kennedy? Killing Patton?

In the past few years, my selection of books for reading in my spare time have shifted from fiction from the Best Sellers list to nonfiction.    I have been reading more Christian based books, advice from Proverbs 31 Ministry, devotionals from Joyce Meyer, and a look at Biblical characters through the eyes of Liz Curtis Higgs.

I have also delved into other non-fiction books, particularly those written by  Bill O'Reilly.  While I don't watch his show on Fox and I often do not agree with his view on politics, I really enjoyed reading his "Killing" books.  

Actually I have read only one...Killing Kennedy.

A friend recommended this to me, and I took the advice and added the title to my Nook.  The narrative hook in the book did just that....hooked me into reading the entire book in record time.

Why did I find it so captivating?  Because I remembered many of the things that happened in it.

Now granted, I was a little girl when Kennedy was killed, but I do remember it.  I was home from school, sick, and I was sitting in the family room, watching television.  I don't remember what the program was, but I do remember it being interrupted for a special announcement.  I remember watching Jack Ruby kill Lee Harvey Oswald as all of America watched, once again on the television screen.

For those of you who need a comparison....do you remember where you were on 9/11?  Do you remember watching the second plane hit the second tower?  Same feeling.  My mother and I watched a tragedy unfold in front of our eyes on the television in our family room.

Reading the book filled in many holes from what I remember.  Reading the book brought back memories of a time when life was much different than it is today.  Reading the book gave me an adult perspective of a child's viewpoint.

I haven't read Killing Lincoln yet, but it is on my "To Read" list.  My husband and I have visited Gettysburg several times.  We have been to Ford Theatre in Washington D.C.  I grew up in southern Indiana and visiting Lincoln's Boyhood Home was a quick trip from our house.  Lincoln's funeral train passed behind the high school where I taught on its way to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois (and no, I was not teaching there when the train passed by---think about it!).  But the route  was depicted in an exhibit at the Gettysburg Museum--the proof!

This morning I heard Bill O'Reilly promoting his new book, Killing Patton, on the Fox & Friends.  Will I add this title to my "To Read" list?  Absolutely?  My father was a World War II Veteran, and this is a part of his history.