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Hunting the president : threats, plots, and assassination attempts; from FDR to Obama / Mel Ayton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ayton, Mel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--Assassination--United States--History.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--Assassination.
- Presidents--Assassination attempts.
- History.
- United States.
- Presidents--Assassination attempts--United States--History.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Assassins--United States--Biography.
- Assassins.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Regnery History, [2014]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The boss
- General
- Scorecard
- Lancer
- Volunteer
- Searchlight
- Passkey
- Deacon
- Rawhide
- Timberwolf
- Eagle
- Trailblazer
- Renegade
- Epilogue: notoriety and the "copycat effect".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781621572077
- 1621572072
- OCLC:
- 868982254
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