{"product_id":"the-housewives-underground-the-untold-story-of-the-women-who-made-the-jfk-assassination-our-most-enduring-mystery","title":"The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKaitlyn Tiffany \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer at  \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \n\u003ci\u003e Everything I Need I Get from You\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the co-author, with Lizzie Plaugic, of the collection  \n\u003ci\u003eOn Nobody Famous: Guesting, Gossiping, Gallivanting\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[A] remarkable story.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Incisive, charming. . . . Tiffany gives a panoramic view, not just of the assassination, but of American society at the time.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An enthralling perspective on one of the most enduring American mysteries of all, seen through the extraordinary efforts exerted by unrelenting and far-from-ordinary women. Kaitlyn Tiffany gifts us a story that is as deftly structured and impeccably researched as it is compellingly told.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Denise Kiernan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eObstinate Daughters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Girls of Atomic City\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Tiffany is a sure-footed guide through the labyrinth of Dealey Plaza. I'm never inspired; this book inspired me. It touched my soft spot for amateur sleuths, obsessive page-turning, and the outer limits of facticity.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sylvia Meagher was neither a conspiracy theorist nor a wannabe detective. She considered herself a 'critic' of the Warren Report. . . . Through twists and turns of curiosity (and mid-pandemic boredom), I ended up reading Meagher's papers and becoming obsessed with her obsession. . . . You could credit the critics of the Warren Report for a great act of citizenship, but you could also credit them with inventing an American pastime: They discovered that there is something thrilling about a document dump, and picking through boxes and boxes of government files.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kaitlyn Tiffany beautifully tells the story of how the Kennedy assassination became the great American mystery. Through exquisite reporting and colorful characters, she adds a surprising new angle to our understanding of the drama around the Warren Commission and explores the country at the dawn of the age of conspiracy.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Garrett Graff, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eWatergate: A New History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than sixty years later, the Kennedy assassination remains the mother of all modern conspiracy theories. Chock-full of fascinating detail and insight, Kaitlyn Tiffany's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Housewives Underground\u003c\/i\u003e retells the story from a wholly unique angle for a new generation.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mark Jacobson, author of \u003ci\u003ePale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting . . . thoroughly researched.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kathryn Olmsted, author of \u003ci\u003eReal Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kaitlyn Tiffany masterfully unspools a hidden history of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath, in what amounts to a cautionary tale for our time. So interesting and so well told.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Liza Mundy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCode Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sisterhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tiffany paints an intimate portrait of the women's growing camaraderie, shared frustration with male fellow skeptics, and eventual discord over New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison's shambolic conspiracy trial. It's an extraordinary account of a relentless search for truth.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tiffany conducted meticulous, wide-ranging research to construct an engrossing portrait of a ragtag group of citizen sleuths whose zeal and dedication transformed them into a to-be-reckoned-with force for truth and accountability.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of the women who debunked the Warren Report--a riveting history of obsession, heartbreak, and the myth of the great American century\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A ghostly past brought brimmingly, engrossingly to life . . . a social history of novelistic propulsion with fanatical documentation and a sympathetic understanding of what drives the driven.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Kaitlyn Tiffany masterfully unspools a hidden history of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath.\"--Liza Mundy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCode Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sisterhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the winter of 1967, the official account of the Kennedy assassination was beginning to unravel. A scattered group of Americans had pointed to major problems with the report prepared by President Johnson's handpicked Warren Commission. Many of the most serious criticisms of the government's work came from a source that surprised some: women who, within the community of critics, outnumbered the men two to one. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoliticians and reporters dismissed these women, referring to them as \"scavengers\" and suggesting they were eccentrics with murder-mystery fixations or crushes on the deceased President Kennedy. But in  \n\u003ci\u003eThe Housewives Underground, \u003c\/i\u003e Kaitlyn Tiffany resurrects the story of Maggie Field, Shirley Martin, and Sylvia Meagher, whose collaboration and friendship reshaped both their own lives and our national memory. Field hosted screenings of the Zapruder film and raised money to pursue new leads. Martin traveled frequently to Dallas, enlisted her children to help interview witnesses, and irritated J. Edgar Hoover with her \"antagonistic\" attitude toward the FBI. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd at the center of the story is Sylvia Meagher--a born-and-raised New Yorker who was devoted to the ballet and the Mets, cultivated fierce friendships and firm grudges, and dedicated twenty-five years to her conviction that the whole truth of JFK's assassination had not been told. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePainstakingly researched and engrossing,  \n\u003ci\u003eThe Housewives Underground\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to the turbulent 1960s and 1970s--a time when Americans' belief in their government was eroding--introducing readers to the so-called housewives who asked the first, hardest questions about one of the most shocking events in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/20\/2026 (EAN 9780593728628, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593728628, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780593728628, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496241692950,"sku":"9780593728628","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593728628.jpg?v=1783057980","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-housewives-underground-the-untold-story-of-the-women-who-made-the-jfk-assassination-our-most-enduring-mystery","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}