Blood, Money Power, Barr McClellan
Blood, Money Power, Barr McClellan
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Blood, Money & Power
How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K.

Author: Barr McClellan

Narrator: Barr McClellan

Unabridged: 15 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/01/2003

Synopsis

The plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy has been shrouded in secrecy and deceit, leading most Americans to doubt the veracity of the Warren Commission's findings.

Now, after nearly forty years, Barr McClellan exposes the secret, high-level conspiracy in Texas that led to Kennedy's death and L.B.J.'s succession as President. Using court documents, insider interviews and even the findings of the Warren Commission, Barr McClellan reveals the complex maneuvers, payoffs and power plays that changed the history of the 20th Century.

If absolute power corrupts, then blood, money and deception are its allies.

This powerful book represents the very best of investigative journalism, with independent corroboration of all key points, and is compelling, convincing and historically significant.

About Barr McClellan

Barr McClellan is a respected attorney, who represented President Lyndon Johnson and his interests from 1966 through 1971. He served primarily through Texas power attorney Edward Clark and Johnson business attorney Don Thomas, advising on political strategy, campaign contributions, attorney-client privilege issues, television and labor disputes. He was also personal attorney for Clark in seeking an assassination bonus from Big Oil interests in Dallas, an effort that included two major lawsuits.

A practicing attorney representing many of the major energy companies in Texas in many key cases, McClellan also obtained a Supreme Court ruling to protect parklands from freeways. Other notable cases included litigation for exploding Ford Pintos, tobacco-caused cancer expenses on the health system, licensing and regulation of cell phones, union-management disputes, and several business tort cases.

An honors graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he received bachelor and law degrees there. Now residing in Gulfport, Mississippi with his wife Cecile, he has five sons and a daughter. Two of Barr's sons hold highly visible government offices: Scott McClellan is the White House Press Secretary and Mark McClellan is the Director of the Food & Drug Administration.

At one-time a TV narrator, he is now completing two books on his experiences while representing Johnson. Previous homes have been in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. During his childhood, Barr lived in Maracaibo, Venezuela for six years and is conversant in Spanish.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Giovanni on July 26, 2008

I may have mentioned my being a sucker for history. This doesn't prove against that point. I loved this piece of work by Barr McClellan. Being an insider in the whole situation, McClellan breaks it down on his feeling of L.B.J. being the reason behind J.F.K.'s assassination. Riveting stuff!......more

Goodreads review by KOMET on March 11, 2023

In his book, BLOOD, MONEY, & POWER: How LBJ Killed JFK, Barr McClellan (a lawyer who was once affiliated with a Texas law firm that represented LBJ's interests between 1966 and 1971) sets out to show that Lyndon Baines Johnson -- a man of gargantuan appetites and ambitions who arose from humble orig......more

Goodreads review by Jay on April 23, 2017

Rating - 9.4 A definitive read on the JFK assassination with over-whelming evidence that links LBJ to the crime - what is especially compelling is the unfolding of the motive as to why LBJ would participate Not too impressed with the faction chapters that are just a speculative rehash of the evidence......more

Goodreads review by Len on February 24, 2008

Though I don't consider myself a conspiracy nut, I have always felt compelled to know what happened to JFK. I was in high school at the time, and I will always remember where I was and what I was doing when the principal announced that the President had been assassinated. Since I'm not very good at w......more

Goodreads review by Ingrid on August 23, 2012

Very interesting take on the JFK Assassination. Offers a relatively simplistic reason for the assassination, LBJ was worried about being dropped from the ticket, and his past political sins were catching up with him. Barr McClellan offers a simple plot to accomplish the task, with very few people in......more

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