David Lifton books

[Peter R. Whitmey]

I am curious about two books David Lifton wrote, one about Oswald published in
1999, the other entitled "Final Charade," in 2000, neither of which I have ever
seen. In a Borders search, both are listed as being out of print. In fact,
both were out of print within a few months after their publication dates, which
does not seem to make much sense. If only a small percentage of the people who
bought "Best Evidence" bought either of these books, they would have sold
fairly well, enough to keep them in print for longer than a few months anyway.
Does anybody know what happened to these books?

Actually they are one and the same book about the life of Lee Harvey

Oswald, but Lifton keeps postponing publication, as he presumably feels
the need to keep adding further chapters or refining what has been already
written. I noticed that two different publishers were involved in the two
versions listed. Since he logs onto this site quite often, maybe David
could fill us all in what the status of his long-awaited second book is.
I would presume it might be coming out in November.
BTW, he has become a strong supporter of Priscilla Johnson McMillan and
accused me of "character assassination" in my series on PJM's life and
career, available at Clint Bradford's site (http://www.jfk-info.com).
Given that PJM has always believed that Oswald killed JFK on his own
because of marital problems (see her book MARINA & LEE), it's odd that
Lifton would defend her so strongly.
- Peter R. Whitmey

[Martin Shackelford]

Over the past decade, there have been a series of announcements that a
new David Lifton book would be published "in the spring." Spring comes
and goes, but the books never do. The first was announced as "Besr
Evidence II," the next announced as "the Oswald book," and most recently
"Final Charade," which may also be the Oswald book--who knows? None has
ever been in print, so none can honestly be said to be "out of print."
In short, nothing has happened to these books yet.

Martin

I am curious about two books David Lifton wrote, one about Oswald published in
1999, the other entitled "Final Charade," in 2000, neither of which I have ever
seen. In a Borders search, both are listed as being out of print. In fact,
both were out of print within a few months after their publication dates, which
does not seem to make much sense. If only a small percentage of the people who
bought "Best Evidence" bought either of these books, they would have sold
fairly well, enough to keep them in print for longer than a few months anyway.
Does anybody know what happened to these books?