Bill O'Reilly's new book will “answer many questions” about JFK's assassination

Fox host Bill O'Reilly, who has already written about Lincoln's assassination in his bestseller 'Killing Lincoln,' will now tackle Kennedy's assassination.

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Criticism from historians of his book "Killing Lincoln" has not deterred Fox host Bill O'Reilly (r.) from writing a new book about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Fox host Bill O’Reilly has announced he’ll be releasing a book this fall on the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.

The book, which will be titled “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot,” will be O’Reilly’s second focusing on a presidential assassination. O’Reilly’s book “Killing Lincoln” is still on the bestseller list, despite charges from historians that the book contains some historical inaccuracies.

O’Reilly said in a statement that his new book, which, like “Killing Lincoln,” will be written with Martin Dugard, will “answer many questions” about the assassination of the president.

“Killing Kennedy” will be released by Henry Holt and Company and will come out sometime this fall, the company said.

A version of “Killing Lincoln” for children, titled “Lincoln’s Last Days,” will be released this August, said the publishing company.

Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.

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