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In the Secret Service : the true story of the man who saved President Reagan's life / Jerry Parr, with Carolyn Parr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parr, Jerry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parr, Jerry.
- Reagan, Ronald--Assassination attempt, 1981.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- United States. Secret Service--History.
- United States.
- United States. Secret Service--Biography.
- Presidents--Protection--United States.
- Presidents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [2013]
- Summary:
- Meet Jerry Parr.In 1981, he was the agent standing next to Ronald Reagan when John Hinckley, Jr., stepped out of the crowd, intent on killing the president.In the Secret Service is an adrenaline-filled ride through the life of the agent who saved Ronald Reagan's life.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Praise for In the Secret Service
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Prologue
- Part 1: My Rendezvous with Death
- Chapter 1: Just Another Day at the Office
- Chapter 2: Inauspicious Beginnings
- Chapter 3: From New York to Dallas: "The President is Dead"
- Chapter 4: Vietnam: Going From Bad to Worse
- Chapter 5: 1968: The Year From Hell
- Chapter 6: Two Deaths
- Chapter 7: Sinners and Statesmen: Watergate and The World
- Chapter 8: Up and Down the Ladder
- Chapter 9: Shots Fired! Men Down!
- Part 2: My Encounter with Grace
- Chapter 10: From the White House to the Potter's House
- Chapter 11: Descent Into Joy
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline
- Photo Insert
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4143-8891-8
- OCLC:
- 1037816496
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