Plotting to Kill the President: Assassination Attempts from Washington to Hoover

Plotting to Kill the President: Assassination Attempts from Washington to Hoover [Hardcover]

ISBN 10: 1612348564 / ISBN 13: 9781612348568

Editore: POTOMAC BOOKS, 2017

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Titolo: Plotting to Kill the President: ...

Casa editrice: POTOMAC BOOKS

Data di pubblicazione: 2017

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: New

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Riassunto:

Since the birth of our nation and the election of the first pdent, groups of organized plotters or individuals have been determined to assassinate the chief executive. From the Founding Fathers to the Great Depression, three pdents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley. However, unknown to the general public, almost all pdents have been threatened, put in danger, or survived “near lethal approaches” during their terms. Plotting to Kill the Pdent reveals the numerous, previously untold incidents when assassins, plotters, and individuals have threatened the lives of American pdents, from George Washington to Herbert Hoover. Mel Ayton has uncovered these episodes, including an attempt to assassinate Pdent Hayes during his inauguration ceremony, an attempt to shoot Benjamin Harrison on the streets of Washington, an assassination attempt on Pdent Roosevelt at the White House, and many other incidents that have never been reported or have been covered-up. Ayton also recounts the stories of Secret Service agents and bodyguards from each administration who put their lives in danger to protect the commander in chief. Plotting to Kill the Pdent demonstrates the unsettling truth that even while the nation sleeps, those who would kill the pdent are often hard at work devising new schemes.

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Mel Ayton is the author of numerous books, including Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama and The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (Potomac, 2008), and was a history consultant for the BBC, the National Geographic channel, and the Discovery Channel.