The Ruby Cover-Up [Paperback]

S. Kantor (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1, 1980

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (November 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821739204
• ISBN-13: 978-0821739204
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,428,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Man with the golden gun, April 30, 2004

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Guy L. Storms (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ruby Cover-Up (Who Was Jack Ruby?) (Paperback)

Very informative, but this title is a reprint under another name of Seth Kantor's earlier version, "Who was Jack Ruby?", published in 1978. One vital piece of information missing from both editions is Nixon's associations with Ruby, Organized Crime, Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters. In 1947, for example, Jack Rubenstein (aka Jack Ruby) was called to appear before the House Unamerican Activities Committee. A letter from Congressman Richard Nixon's office was sent to the HUAC asking that he be excused from testifying because he was working for his office on "gevernment business". This information was found in the FBI files after Nixon was dead and buried, I believe. There's so much more we know about Tricky Dick that was not available to author Seth Kantor at the time of his original publication. It's a disappointment that he did not seem to update this 1992 edition, but rather repackaged it under a new name. It's still a very powerful book, however.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars just does not delve deep enough into Ruby's mind, February 26, 2000

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Harry George - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ruby Cover-Up (Paperback)

I have to say that I almost knew what to expect when I ordered this book.

Kantor can always hold to his credit the fact that he knew Ruby before 1963 being a Dallas-ite himself.

But, I feel that he scratches the surface of what could have been a really credible and cohesive piece of work, and goes no further than pointing out the failings of a handful of Dallas Police Officers.

It should be called the Dallas PD's Misfeasance not the Ruby Coverup, because he just does not show any real evidence of a coverup other than as I said previously the failings or complacency of a few officers.

I'd still buy the book because it is reasonably priced and Kantor does give a some thought to Ruby's movements into that Dallas PD basement which he sets out very well in the book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Eye Witness. Who was a real reporter., March 19, 2010

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Stephen Deasy - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Ruby Cover-Up (Mass Market Paperback)

Any researcher of the JFK murder will want to read a book by this working journalist who knew Jack Ruby. The WC chose to ignore Kantor at the time, and pictured a Ruby with no connections.

For JFK newbies: One, lone killer - LHO - out of the blue, who just felt the urge to kill? Okay. I buy it.

But TWO of them? Two, loner-nutty-people who felt like killing during those 48 hours in Dallas?

I've seen the live tv killing of LHO. I watched the WTC attacks live on tv. Each time, the shiver up the spine came from the "second" hit; JFK, horror, surprise! First Tower, an accident? Bad pilot?
But when Ruby shot Oswald,and when the second plane hit, one knew there was a conspiracy.

This is not a narrative of theories or a history of the complex layering of forces on that day;it's oftentimes wordy; but, it's a close-up view of the character who slipped into history with his gunshot, and disappeared from history without a convincing exit.