Bibliograph

Close calls, how eleven US Presidents escaped from the brink of death, Michael P. Spradlin

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Close calls, how eleven US Presidents escaped from the brink of death, Michael P. Spradlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-110) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9-14

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grade 7 to 8

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Close calls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089263541

Responsibility statement

Michael P. Spradlin

Sub title

how eleven US Presidents escaped from the brink of death

Summary

"Historians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. JFK and his fellow servicemen spent six days on a desert island with only coconuts to eat after a deadly attack during WWII. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America's first female detective worked to foil an early assassination attempt. And when Andrew Jackson was attacked by an upset citizen who had been stalking him for months, frontiersman Davey Crockett was the one to save him. With pacy, immediate writing and including supplemental archival photographs and archival materials, this book chronicles thrilling undertold stories of U.S. presidents' moments of bravery."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

If they kill the general, he can't be the father of his country -- Beating the odds -- The Baltimore plot -- First you get shot, then you give a speech -- A shootout with the Capitol police -- I don't like Ike -- PT-109 -- The fall of Gerald Ford -- In the belly of the beast -- "Honey, I forgot to duck!" -- A young pilot saved from capture

Target audience

juvenile

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How eleven US Presidents escaped from the brink of death

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