Assassination!
Subtitle: the brick chronicle presents attempts on the lives of twelve US presidents
By: Brendan Powell Smith
Published: 2013
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781628734270; 9781620879986
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; Law & Crime; Assassination attempts; LEGO toys; Presidents; Assassination; General; History; Juvenile literature; HISTORY
Description: Creator of the bestselling The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament and The Brick Bible: The New Testament, author Brendan Powell Smith offers a new take on American history. For more than a decade, Smith has honed his masterful work using LEGO(R) to re-create scenes from the Bible. Now, he turns his attention to unforgettable US presidential assassinations, both fatal and failed. Rediscover some of the most profound attacks that have occurred throughout US history involving the notorious assassinations on Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. But did you also know that Richard Paul Pavlick sought to assassinate President Kennedy in 1960, though at the last minute he suddenly changed his mind? Or, that an unknown assailant desperately tried to murder Lincoln just eight months before his fatal night at Ford's Theatre? In addition, Smith reveals failed murder attempts against such presidents as Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and most recently, the 2011 attempt against President Barack Obama. With over four hundred highly detailed illustrations, Smith captivates the authenticity of these assassinations (re-creating famous photographs and oral history) while simultaneously demonstrating a creative new medium. Whether a historian or a LEGO(R) enthusiast, readers of all ages will surely be enthralled with Brendan Powell Smith's latest brick creation!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Andrew Jackson: January 30, 1835; title: Abraham Lincoln: August 1864; title: Abraham Lincoln: April 14,1865; title: James A. Garfield: July 2, 1881; title: William McKinley: September 6, 1901; title: Theodore Roosevelt: October 14, 1912; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: February 15, 1933; title: John F. Kennedy: December 11, 1960; title: John F. Kennedy: November 22, 1963; title: Richard Nixon: February 22, 1974; title: Gerald Ford: September 5, 1975; title: Gerald Ford: September 22, 1975; title: Ronald Reagan: March 30, 1981; title: Bill Clinton: November 1996; title: Barack Obama: November 11, 2011.