num_pages: 290
description: From the bestselling team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard comes Killing Reagan  a page-turning epic account of the career of President Ronald Reagan that tells the vivid story of his rise to power--and the forces of evil that conspired to bring him down.The basis for the 2016 television movie available on streaming.Just two months into his presidency Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?Told in the same riveting fashion as Killing Lincoln  Killing Kennedy  Killing Jesus  and Killing Patton  Killing Reagan reaches back to the golden days of Hollywood where Reagan found both fame and heartbreak up through the years in the California governor's mansion and finally to the White House where he presided over boom years and the fall of the Iron Curtain. But it was John Hinckley Jr.'s attack on him that precipitated President Reagan's most heroic actions. In Killing Reagan  O'Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the scenes creating an unforgettable portrait of a great man operating in violent times.
language: English
title: Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.