Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / Ronald L. Feinman.
This book 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 assassina...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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| Genre/Form: | Biographies |
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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 20th century presidents and assassination threats
- 21st century presidents and assassination threats
- 15 "might have been" presidents in history
- Charts.