Characters from Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Lee Harvey Oswald - This person was born in New Orleans and moved frequently during his or her youth, was sent for psychiatric evaluation and then went to a residential treatment home.

Marina Prusakova Oswald - This person was a pharmacology student, married quickly, and had a daughter in January 1962 and a second child in October 1963.

Jack Ruby - This person was born in Chicago, the fifth of eight Jewish children, served in the Air Force, and died in 1967 from cancer.

Jim Garrison - This person, born in Iowa and...
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