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Close calls, how thirteen US Presidents escaped from the brink of death, Michael Spradlin

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Close calls, how thirteen US Presidents escaped from the brink of death, Michael Spradlin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-110) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
10-14, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
5-9, Brodart
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Close calls
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1089263541
resource.readingGradeLevel
Grade 7 to 8
Responsibility statement
Michael Spradlin
Sub title
how thirteen US Presidents escaped from the brink of death
Summary
"Historians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. JFK and his fellow servicemen spent six days on a desert island with only coconuts to eat after a deadly attack during WWII. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America's first female detective worked to foil an early assassination attempt. And when Andrew Jackson was attacked by an upset citizen who had been stalking him for months, frontiersman Davey Crockett was the one to save him. With pacy, immediate writing and including supplemental archival photographs and archival materials, this book chronicles thrilling undertold stories of U.S. presidents' moments of bravery."--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
pre adolescent
resource.variantTitle
How thirteen US Presidents escaped from the brink of death
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