This study surveys presidential history and examines the presidents and presidential candidates who have been subjected to assassination attempts or assassinations. The author explores the circumstances of each attempt; the Secret Service's response; the victims, public, and media reactions to the assassinations; as well as fifteen "might have been" presidents.--Publisher's description.
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ISBN:9781442231221
ISBN:1442231211
ISBN:9781442231214
Physical Description:x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm print
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Andrew Jackson at the U.S. Capitol -- Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre -- James A. Garfield at the D.C. Railroad Station -- William McKinley at the Buffalo Pan-American exposition -- Theodore Roosevelt at the Milwaukee Gilpatrick Hotel -- Franklin D. Roosevelt at Miami Bayfront Park -- Huey P. Long at the Louisiana State Capitol -- Harry S. Truman at Blair House -- John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza -- Robert F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel -- George C. Wallace at Laurel, Maryland Shopping Center -- Richard M. Nixon and the Baltimore Airport incident -- Gerald R. Ford at Sacramento and San Francisco -- Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton Hotel -- Late Twentieth-Century presidents and assassination threats -- Twenty-first- Century presidents and assassination threats -- Fifteen "might have been" presidents in history.
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