11/22/63 theories, ultimately coming to the conclusion that Oswald acted alone. King met with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, an assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson and the author of books about several presidents, and used some of her ideas of worst-case political scenarios that might occur in the absence of Kennedy's assassination. The trade hardcover edition features a dust jacket that is a faux newspaper front page, with the front of the jacket featuring an article recounting the real historical event of Kennedy's assassination, and the back featuring an alternative history article speaking of the event as just a failed assassination "attempt"
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything the Massage, & Everything" (1973) by Bernhardt J. Hurwood. A similar plot device is used in the Twilight Zone episode, "A Kind of a Stopwatch", as well as in the 1985 Twilight Zone episode "A Little Peace and Quiet". Stephen King often alludes to the title in his time-travel novel, "11/22/63". The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962) is a science fiction novel by American writer John D. MacDonald. The protagonist, Kirby Winter, is a young man living in Florida, full of anxiety and feeling no confidence in his ability to face