Hunting the president
Subtitle: threats, plots, and assassination attempts-- from FDR to Obama
By: Mel Ayton
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781621572077
Subjects: Assassins; Assassination attempts; Presidents; Assassination; Biography; History
Description: Highlights the lesser-known attempts on the lives of various U.S. presidents, including the man who stalked Roosevelt for ten days on Pennsylvania Avenue, and a Cuban immigrant who planned to attack LBJ's motorcade.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: The boss; title: General; title: Scorecard; title: Lancer; title: Volunteer; title: Searchlight; title: Passkey; title: Deacon; title: Rawhide; title: Timberwolf; title: Eagle; title: Trailblazer; title: Renegade; title: Epilogue: notoriety and the "copycat effect".