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"
11/22/63 in a new pair of shoes." The novel was adapted into a 2016 Hulu television series, "11.22.63". According to King, the idea for the novel first came to him in 1971, before the release of his first novel, "Carrie" (1974). He was going to title it "Split Track". However, he felt a historical novel required more research than he was willing to do at the time and greater literary talent than he possessed. Like his novel "Under the Dome" (2009), he abandoned the project, returning to the story later in life. King first talked publicly about the idea in "Marvel