Getting inside Oswalds mind - his library books

[Gerry Down]

Has anyone ever read all the library books Oswald ever took out in his life? In order to help get inside Oswalds mind?

Here is a list of the books Oswald took out in New Orleans in the summer of 1963:

https://historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2650.pdf

Does anyone have a list of the books he took out in 1962 and 1963 in Dallas?

[Denis Pointing]

Has anyone ever read all the library books Oswald ever took out in his life? In order to help get inside Oswalds mind?

Here is a list of the books Oswald took out in New Orleans in the summer of 1963:

https://historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2650.pdf

Does anyone have a list of the books he took out in 1962 and 1963 in Dallas?

I would imagine getting inside Oswald's mind akin to traversing a minefield but to answer your question; No, I don't believe such a list exists.
If you want to "get inside Oswald's mind" you may be better off reading some of what he wrote and actually said. Here are some speech notes written by Oswald: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/speechnotes1.htm Also a summary of a speech by LHO: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/parnell/ce2649.htm. Oswald's radio interviews can be found here: https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2019/06/07/oswald-radio-interview-august-1963/ And finally, Oswald's diary here: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/historicdiary.htm
Hope you find the above of some value. Good luck.

[Charles Collins]

Has anyone ever read all the library books Oswald ever took out in his life? In order to help get inside Oswalds mind?

Here is a list of the books Oswald took out in New Orleans in the summer of 1963:

https://historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2650.pdf

Does anyone have a list of the books he took out in 1962 and 1963 in Dallas?

If I remember correctly, LHO checked out a book in Dallas that some believe was the last one. And there are some questions about who returned it. The book is: “The Shark and the Sardines” by Juan Jose Arevalo. It was a difficult one for me to read because of a lot of redundancy. Basically it describes the author’s view of how the United States supposedly took advantage of the Latin American countries. In my opinion, it would have added fuel to the “Fair Play for Cuba” fire burning in LHO. And provided additional motivation to take drastic action. I found the Kindle version of the book for just a few bucks.

[Gerry Down]

If I remember correctly, LHO checked out a book in Dallas that some believe was the last one. And there are some questions about who returned it. The book is: “The Shark and the Sardines” by Juan Jose Arevalo.

I wasn't sure if he took this book out in Dallas before he went to New Orleans or if he took it out in Dallas before the JFK assassination. Couldn't find the timeline on it.

[Charles Collins]

I wasn't sure if he took this book out in Dallas before he went to New Orleans or if he took it out in Dallas before the JFK assassination. Couldn't find the timeline on it.

I believe it was in Dallas just before the assassination. I believe that the controversy about the return was because LHO was already murdered when it was returned. I don’t have time to research it right now. But that is the way I remember it.

[Gerry Down]

I believe it was in Dallas just before the assassination. I believe that the controversy about the return was because LHO was already murdered when it was returned. I don’t have time to research it right now. But that is the way I remember it.

Epstein says in his book "Legend" that it was in Dallas before the Walker shooting. See pages 202 and 317 of "Legend" book (hardback).

But Epstein could simply be wrong. He gets other things wrong in his book.

[Charles Collins]

Epstein says in his book "Legend" that it was in Dallas before the Walker shooting. See pages 202 and 317 of "Legend" book (hardback).

But Epstein could simply be wrong. He gets other things wrong in his book.

According to Bugliosi, (page 777 - Reclaiming History) LHO checked it out of the Oak Cliff branch library on 11/6/63. It was due back on November 13. But three months after the assassination it had not been returned. (CE 2642, 25 H 901-902).

[Gerry Down]

According to Bugliosi, (page 777 - Reclaiming History) LHO checked it out of the Oak Cliff branch library on 11/6/63. It was due back on November 13. But three months after the assassination it had not been returned. (CE 2642, 25 H 901-902).

That settles that. That FBI report also seems to imply that the Dallas library has no record of the books Oswald read either before or after his summer 1963 stay in New Orleans.

By the way, what do these numbers mean:

(CE 2642, 25 H 901-902)

I know the "CE 2642" refers to "Commission Exhibit 2642", but what do the other numbers and letter mean?