In the line of fire
Subtitle: presidents' lives at stake
By: by Judith St. George
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780823414284
Subjects: United States; Presidents; Assassination; Biography; History
Description: Details surrounding the four successful and seven unsuccessful assassination attempts on the lives of American presidents. Four chapters focus on the deaths of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. The fifth chapter, includes brief sketches of botched or foiled assassination attempts against Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Ages 10-up.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. "Who is dead in the White House?" / Abraham Lincoln; title: 2. The summer of the president / James Abram Garfield; title: 3. "Nearer my God to thee" / William McKinley; title: 4. The eternal flame / John Fitzgerald Kennedy; title: 5. The survivors.