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Nov 29

From Romeo to JFK — in Legos

John Wilkes Booth readies the killing shot on President Abraham Lincoln in the new book "Assassinated!" The book showcases the attempts on the lives of 12 US presidents.

(Credit: Brendan Powell Smith/Assassinated!)

You’ve seen the picture a thousand times. John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie, sit in the back of the limousine. It’s the final moments of JFK’s life, as seconds later, the president would be gunned down. But you’ve never seen it like this before — made entirely out of Legos.

That scene, and others from the assassination attempts on the lives of 12 American presidents, are featured in “Assassination!” in which Brendan Powell Smith tells the stories of every significant attack on a US president, including the killings of Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, and the 1981 shooting of Ronald Reagan.