German-born Joachim Joesten, who worked for Newsweek magazine before becoming a freelance writer in 1944, published "Oswald, Assassin or Fall Guy?" in 1964, *prior* to the release of the Warren Report. Surprisingly, at that early date, the foundation of doubt that would pervade the assassination research community for the next fifty years and beyond, was already well in place. Like other early authors who questioned the official Government verdict, Joesten had to have this book published outside the United States. Through special arrangement with his heirs, Iconoclassic Books is proud to present this reissue of the first important treatise on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Also included is Joesten's 50-page summary of the Warren Report, which he examined upon its release in September, 1964. ----- "A “fall guy,” in American underworld slang, is a person selected by a criminal gang to be framed up as the guilty one, in order to shield the real perpetrators of a crime. This is Joesten’s thesis about Oswald. He writes in his preface: “Oswald was a ‘fall guy,’ to use the parlance of the kind of men who must have planned the details of the assassination. I believe that he was picked as a fall guy precisely because, as a petty, and perhaps discarded, agent of the CIA, and later of the FBI, he was an ideal scapegoat; his provocative actions and movements were subject to specific knowledge by the conspirators; in particular his obtrusive display of ‘Marxist’ feelings stamped him as the kind of man who could be made to appear an irrational assassin and around whom a web of circumstantial evidence could be woven; a web sufficiently plausible on the face of it to convince the American people provided he did not live to have a trial, as indeed he didn’t…I am personally convinced that (a) Oswald was completely innocent of the assassination, and (b) it was the work of a powerful conspiratorial group. "Most of the book is devoted to a systematic development of the evidence. A number of the points are sufficiently powerful to singly cast grave doubt on the official version; and in their cumulative impact to provide a serious basis for Joesten’s conclusion. ". . . the Joesten book erased most of my skepticism. The bulk of the evidence is highly convincing, and couldn’t be passed off as a cumulation of chance newspaper gossip. I concluded that the official theory is probably a police fabrication. I think it likely that Oswald was in fact a “fall guy,” who may or may not have participated in the assassination, but was not its sole executor or main arranger." -Victor Perlo, New Times, September 23, 1964

Oswald: Assassin or Fall Guy?

History

Joesten, Mr. Joachim

Americas

Iconoclassic Books

Each time someone dreams, their subconscious is sending messages to their conscious mind. When understood, these messages offer a remarkable insight into the dreamer's personality, their half-buried fears and hidden impulses. Unfortunately, since they come disguised in symbols not easily recognizable, dream messages are most often lost. This book, written by a professor of psychology after years of intensive case study, offers a lucid explanation of the meanings behind dream symbols. It is a book every adult in search of self-understanding should read, for it shows how the layman can decode their own dreams. And within our dreams lie the key to our hidden thoughts. From the book: During sleep the mind expresses itself in pictures. A dream is defined, therefore, as a sequence of pictures or images which embody the ideas or conceptions of the dreamer. The goal of dream interpretation is to discover the meaning of a dream by translating images into ideas. When this task is accomplished the mind is exposed to public view and becomes an object of scientific study. In the last analysis dreams interest us only because they enable us to extend our knowledge of humankind. They tell us things about humans that would be difficult to learn by any other means except by the specialized methods used in the treatment of disturbed people. Since these methods are not convenient to use in the study of a large cross-section of "normal" people, it devolves upon dreams to help us solve the riddle of the human being. During sleep, it is not uncommon for impulses that are kept in check during waking life to express themselves in dreams. Noting this fact, Freud came to the conclusion that the satisfaction of impulses or as he called it the fulfillment of wishes was the main reason for dreaming. It can hardly be denied that many dreams are motivated by sex and aggression, and this is the primary focus of The Meaning of Dreams.

The Meaning of Dreams: Their Symbolism and Their Sexual Implications

Self-Help

Hall, Mr. Calvin S.

Dreams

Suburban Sin

Hitt, Mr Orrie

Literature & Fiction

As the 50th anniversary of the murder of John F. Kennedy approaches, it seems as if opinions or who committed the crime are as divided as ever. Instead of a much hoped for consensus as to who might have been responsible for America’s greatest unsolved mystery, no clear and near unanimous verdict has come forth. Although the general public continues to support a conspiracy in the shooting, solid group of researchers and notable members of the main broadcast media in America pounce on every opportunity to quell any attempt to find Lee Harvey Oswald not guilty. Those who believe that the case against Oswald was weak have steadfastly held to the feeling that no new evidence has come forth to seal his fate once and for all. In fact, if anything the case against Oswald has continued to crumble bit by bit over time. Although the case against him is mostly circumstantial, television networks like National Geographic, Discovery, and History Channel have produced documentaries which allow little room for questioning Oswald’s guilt. So what is fact? What is fiction? Searching the Shadows - Steve Airheart’s presentation about the assassination of John F. Kennedy - is a straightforward, factual, insightful, objective and exciting compendium of the myriad facts and red herrings in the case. Mr. Airheart discusses major theories about JFK’s death and all the while gives the reader little-known facts, thought-provoking comments, and other curios which lead into the labyrinth of gangsters and government. Searching the Shadows is a factual and logical investigation that is easily understood. Originally published in print in 1993 and 2000, this eBook debut contains a brand new chapter from the author that details the most recent developments in the JFK murder case.

Searching the Shadows: A Layman's Investigation Into the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Mr. Steven S. Airheart

When Ted Clinton arrived at the vacation inn, he found that it featured some unexpected diversions. Like sleek Ruth Henderson and her bevy of hostesses whose job it was to please male guests. Lady vacationers, too, starving for love and excitement, did their share to turn summertime into playtime. Office-girl Mary Gordon, for, instance, as accessible as the adjoining room, managed to be wearing not a thing when Ted opened her door. It made little sense to Sally, one of the waitresses, a fresh young product of the local countryside. Then one night an old codger caught her alone, forced her to learn how hotel guests could be amused. At this point Ted had a change of heart. He figured Ruth and her hostesses were fine for games, and Mary Gordon was perfect for hot-weather romance. But the slightly used Sally was good for more than vacation pleasures. She had enough unslaked passion to last a man a lifetime.

The Love Season

One of rock music's most fascinating personalities, Neil Young has persistently charted his own career, ignoring pop fashions, creating innovative music ranging from folk classics like "Heart of Gold" to rock and roll anthems like "Down By the River."  Don't Be Denied charts Neil Young's formative years, from his high school days in Winnipeg, Manitoba through his adventures in Toronto's Yorkville district to his ultimate successes with Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and as a solo performer. When asked by biographer John Einarson why so little is known of his Canadian years, Young replied, "No one ever asked me!"  Revised and updated by the author in 2012, Don't Be Denied also includes over 40 rare photographs from Neil Young's early days, from 1960 thru 1987.  "Neil Young has been an inspiration to musicians and non-musicians alike. He can be truly called the voice of his generation...Neil, just by being himself, has forged a style and identity like no other. His voice and his guitar playing are instantly recognizable anywhere in the world." -Randy Bachman  "I learned a lot from Neil. He impressed me so much as a writer, as an artist, as someone to work with. I have such fond memories of what we created together, the five of us in Buffalo Springfield. He's a neat guy - he really is." -Richie Furay

Neil Young: Don't Be Denied: The Canadian Years

Biographies & Memoirs

Einarson, John

Arts & Literature

Art is the main man at a mail order firm that peddles novelties. When the boss suggests they enter the smut trade, Art coordinates the whole affair. And most of the women he lines up as models, he's already bedded, behind the back of his long-suffering wife, Alice. But is Alice finding satisfaction behind Art's back? Throw in a pregnancy scare with a co-worker, and you've got another top-notch pulp potboiler from Orrie Hitt!

As Bad as They Come

Hitt, Orrie

Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave us the blues. Chess was THE label for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Bo Diddley--and in this critically acclaimed history we learn the full story of this legendary label. The greatest artists who sang and played the blues made their mark with Leonard and Phil Chess, whose Chicago-based record company was synonymous with the sound that swept up from the South, embraced the Windy City, and spread out like wildfire into mid-century America. Spinning Blues into Gold is the impeccably researched story of the men behind the music and the remarkable company they created. Chess Records--and later Checker, Argo, and Cadet Records--was built by Polish immigrant Jews, brothers who saw the blues as a unique business opportunity. From their first ventures, a liquor store and then a nightclub, they promoted live entertainment. And parlayed that into the first pressings sold out of car trunks on long junkets through the midsection of the country, ultimately expanding their empire to include influential radio stations. The story of the Chess brothers is a very American story of commerce in the service of culture. Long on chutzpah, Leonard and Phil Chess went far beyond their childhoods as the sons of a scrap-metal dealer. They changed what America listened to; the artists they promoted planted the seeds of rock 'n' roll--and are still influencing music today. In this illustrated book, Cohodas expertly captures the rich and volatile mix of race, money, and recorded music. She also takes us deep into the world of independent record producers, sometimes abrasive and always aggressive men striving to succeed. Leonard and Phil Chess worked hand-in-glove with disenfranchised black artists, the intermittent charges of exploitation balanced by the reality of a common purpose that eventually brought fame to many if not most of the parties concerned. From beginning to end, as we find in these pages, the lives of the Chess brothers were socially, financially, and creatively entwined with those of the artists they believed in.

Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records

Arts & Photography

Cohodas, Nadine

Music

First published in 1968 in the UK (the subject matter was too controversial for US publishers to touch) this is Joachim Joesten's treatise on the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and his lifelong addiction for power at any cost. Joesten pulls back the layers of lies and deception to reveal LBJ as one of America's most corrupt and duplicitous politicians ever. Joesten carefully documents the little-known facts behind Johnson's involvement in scandals stretching back to his first stolen election in 1948, thru the Bobby Baker, Billy Sol Estes and Walter Jenkins affairs, and culminates with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Included are LBJ's connection to mobsters, big Texas oil, political graft and corruption, blackmailing of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, and a disturbing number of murders committed by his henchmen for LBJ's personal gain. FROM THE BOOK: The true nature of Lyndon B. Johnson has long been hidden from the public through the frenzied efforts of highly paid P.R. wizards and artificial image-builders. William Manchester came closer than most other people to seeing through the benign public relations mask of Lyndon Johnson, but one wouldn't know it from scanning the pages of 'The Death of a President'. If there are two persons in the world who have really come to know Johnson at close quarters, outside of his own family, they are Robert and Jacqueline Kennedy. Manchester interviewed both of them at length and they told him, without mincing their words, what they thought of That Man in the White House. But when Manchester, having faithfully recorded everything the Kennedys had told him, rushed into print with his story, years ahead of schedule, they both got panicky and practically forced him to 'revise' his story out of recognition. Edward J. Epstein, the author of Inquest, somehow managed to get hold of a copy of the original, unedited manuscript of the Manchester book, then entitled 'Death of a Lancer', and revealed in the July issue 1967 of Commentary, some of its contents. In his original draft, Manchester, it seems, made some very pungent remarks about Lyndon Johnson whom he described, among other things, as a 'chameleon who constantly changes loyalties'; 'a capon' and 'a crafty schemer who has a gaunt, hunted look about him'. He also pictured Johnson as 'a full-fledged hypomaniac' and 'the crafty seducer with six nimble hands who can persuade a woman to surrender her favors in the course of a long conversation confined to obscure words. No woman, even a lady, can discern his intentions until the critical moment'. By far the most interesting aspect of this matter, however, is Epstein's contention that Manchester's original theme, which gave unity to his book, was 'the notion that Johnson, the successor, was somehow responsible for the death-of his predecessor'. Several quotations from the original draft bear out this contention. At one point, the Lancer version states, 'The shattering fact of the assassination is that a Texas murder has made a Texan President'. At another, Kenneth O'Donnell, Kennedy's appointments secretary, is quoted as exclaiming 'They did it. I always knew they'd do it. You couldn't expect anything else from them. They finally made it'. Then Manchester comments: 'He didn't specify who "they" were. It was unnecessary. They were Texans, Johnsonians'. But what is one to think of an author who allows his most important work not only to be castrated, but to be turned completely upside down by a publisher more committed to the dictates of expediency than to the search for historical truth?

The Dark Side of Lyndon Baines Johnson

Joesten, Joachim

Leaders & Notable People

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