My new book, "Into the Nightmare"

[Joseph McBride]

Fortunately there are many roads that lead to Rome and more than one way of exploring the murder of JFK. Some of them are more scenic. Some are more interesting. Some take the long route and some are more direct. Some lead to dead ends and are boring. But in the end it all adds to the rich variety of life and stimulates the mind. I have ordered your book today and I am looking forward to learning more about the under-researched Tippet. I will look forward to reading Charles' book one day too. If he decides to write one. Which I hope he does. Joseph, were the members of the Tippet family available to interview? Did they ever express their views on the events of that day?

So true, Magda. We need all kinds of studies of every facet of this complex case.

Edgar Lee Tippit, J. D. Tippit's father, gave me one of my best and most revealing interviews for several hours. The elder Mr. Tippit,
who was a lively ninety at the time, told me he had never been interviewed before. His second wife,
Mary Lee Daniels Tippit, participated in the interview sporadically but
mostly deferred to her husband. I wrote Marie Tippit, the officer's widow, to request
an interview, but she did not respond. Mrs. Tippit does give interviews on rare occasions, and in those scattered interviews that I tracked down, she has offered various
views on topics related to her husband and his death, so I was able to include her point of view
and analyze her statements. She was not called to testify by either the Warren Commission
or the HSCA, a significant omission in both of those major investigations. The FBI
and the HSCA did interview her.