The killers and would-bes, as a group, took the stage in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, a 1990 musical (book by John Weidman). 3īracketed by the murders of Lincoln and Kennedy, those of Garfield and McKinley, too, have their following. One author took an “assassination vacation” to shadow places and things associated with these events. Indeed, at the time of this writing, there were current nonfiction books on Presidents Lincoln ( Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard) and Kennedy ( Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero by Chris Matthews and Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard).
2 We seem obsessed with reworking scenarios of these lives cut short. So do what you dare.” -from Assassins by Stephen Sondheim 1Īmerican presidential assassinations continue to be a source of fascination for various reasons, not the least of which is attempting to understand the mentality of the perpetrator.
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