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Greetings!
 JFK
Lancer is proud to announce a new work by author and JFK researcher
Craig Ciccone, MASTER LIST OF WITNESSES IN THE JFK ASSASSINATION.
Craig has completed phase one of this work, the listing of witnesses,
and will have the second phase, the schematic map, available before the
end of 2010. Paired with the researchers he acknowledges came before
him, Craig has done an outstanding job of putting hundreds of Dealey
Plaza witnesses' data at our fingertips.
- Thoroughly annotated, with analysis and
points of contention
- Thoroughly sourced, utilizing the record
groups of the Warren Commission, FBI,
Secret Service, presidential libraries, and the
Dallas Municipal Archives and Records;
current and established
private research data; films and photographs; and the oral histories
at
The Sixth Floor Museum. - Listing of 453 names
- 110 names of unconfirmed witnesses and/or
occupants of the entire motorcade
- 23 newly discovered eyewitnesses,
established by the oral history project at The Sixth Floor
Museum
An important point is made by Craig during our interview (on his website) "I leave it up to the reader to assess and interpret the vast array of
opinions, as well as how spontaneously and freely those opinions were
rendered." Providing
the reader with an exhaustive Editorial Method guide, Craig hands over the keys to one of the most detailed Dealey Plaza witness lists
produced to date. I'd give no one an excuse for not including the
information in this book when researching who, what, and where of the short seconds on Elm Street when President Kennedy was assassinated. |
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A MESSAGE FROM CRAIG CICCONE:
 I first published a schematic of Dealey Plaza in 1991, which plotted the location of 297 eyewitnesses, including the occupants of approximately half of the motorcade procession. I devised and supplemented the map with a 33-page master list of witnesses the following year. The vision for the list was to include details about as many witnesses as possible, and to provide sources for the information contained in both the schematic and master list. Had I tried to incorporate those two elements on the schematic itself, I felt it would have compromised its effectiveness as a visual aid by appearing overly cumbersome. In 1996, I chose to return to this Master Witness list, hoping simply to make some minor revisions resulting in this book. I have always intended this list to be utilized as a resource-one which had not previously been adequately constructed-for the study and comparison of eyewitness accounts at the earliest point after the assassination. While relying heavily on those immediate reactions and impressions, the list also catalogs and discusses all of the official statements and interviews given by eyewitnesses. As a result, the list serves to demonstrate-not only through what is in the record, but also what is clearly not in the record-the extreme lengths investigators undertook to avoid eliciting meaningful and complete information from witnesses. |
