The housewives underground : the untold story of the women who made the JFK assassination our most enduring mystery / Kaitlyn Tiffany.
| Author/creator | Tiffany, Kaitlyn, 1993- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xi, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Untold story of the women who made the JFK Assassination our most enduring mystery |
| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Note on names -- Prologue: September 1965 -- Part I: The shots. As the world turns -- With perfect timing -- No stone unturned -- Down to Dallas -- The unkempt men from Philadelphia -- Practically Un-American -- The report -- Back to school -- Part II: The scavengers. Parallel development -- Warrenologists -- A fall of moondust -- Three women in a Thunderbird -- What are the odds? -- Would-be Margaret Rutherfords -- Beware of stangers -- Part III: The giant. Garrison -- Down the rabbit hole -- The defector -- For the record -- 'I think I am dead, too' -- War of the critics -- The end of the sixties -- Junior G-Men -- Part IV: The century. The quiet -- Executive action -- All in one room -- Four shots -- Sylvia. |
| Abstract | In the winter of 1967, the official account of the Kennedy assassination was beginning to unravel. A scattered group of Americans had pointed to major problems with the report prepared by President Johnson's handpicked Warren Commission. Many of the most serious criticisms of the government's work came from a source that surprised some: women, who within the community of critics outnumbered the men two to one. Politicians and reporters dismissed these women, referring to them as "scavengers" and suggesting they were eccentrics with murder-mystery fixations or crushes on the deceased President Kennedy. But in The Housewives Underground, Kaitlyn Tiffany resurrects the story of Maggie Field, Shirley Martin, and Sylvia Meagher, whose collaboration and friendship reshaped both their own lives and our national memory. Field hosted screenings of the Zapruder film and raised money to pursue new leads. Martin traveled frequently to Dallas, enlisted her children to help interview witnesses, and irritated J. Edgar Hoover with her "antagonistic" attitude toward the FBI. And at the center of the story is Sylvia Meagher--a born-and-raised New Yorker who was devoted to the ballet and the Mets, cultivated fierce friendships and firm grudges, and dedicated twenty-five years to her conviction that the whole truth of JFK's assassination had not been told. Painstakingly researched and engrossing, The Housewives Underground takes readers back to the turbulent 1960s and 1970s--a time when Americans' belief in their government was eroding--and introduces readers to the so-called housewives who asked the first, hardest questions about one of the most shocking events in American history-- Book jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Tiffany, Kaitlyn Housewives underground First edition New York, NY : Crown, [2026] 9780593728611 |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Tiffany, Kaitlyn, 1993- The housewives underground First edition New York, NY: Crown, [2026] 9780593728611 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies |
| Genre/form | History |
| Genre/form | True crime stories. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Récits criminels. |
| LCCN | 2025045004 |
| ISBN | 9780593728628 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0593728629 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | E842.9 .T544 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |