This Week's Good Book: "From Love Field - Our Final Hours With President John F. Kennedy" by Nellie Connally

"Mr. President, you certainly can't say Dallas doesn't love you!" These words were spoken by Nellie Connally just moments before shots rang out in Dealey Plaza. Nellie Connally was in the car that fateful day in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and her husband, John Connally, Texas Governor was severely wounded. What was supposed to be a day to show Texas hospitality to the president and his wife, instead turned into a day of tragedy, a seminal moment of American history. Ten days after the assassination, Nellie wrote down notes so that her grandchildren would know about the events of that day as they affected the Connally family. Nellie Connally had to deal with the death of the President in her home state and the transition of power to Lyndon Johnson while attending to the long recovery of her husband John from his wounds. There were those who said that a liberal president from the Northeast would not be welcome, or safe, coming to Texas. However, prior to the fateful and fatal moment Texans showed the Kennedys great warmth and hospitality on the two-day swing through San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth. Then, a minute by minute look at the events following the shots in Dealey Plaza. From Love Field is a good read for anyone curious about the Kennedy assassination or who remembers "where they were when JFK was shot." Nellie Connally died in September of 2006.