Bibliograph

Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency, from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, Ronald L. Feinman

Type

Label

Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency, from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, Ronald L. Feinman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

893453731

Responsibility statement

Ronald L. Feinman

Sub title

from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama

Summary

"Provides a background on Presidents and Presidential candidates that have been subjected to assassination attempts, or assassinations. Ronald L. Feinman 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

Table Of Contents

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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