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Author St. George, Judith, 1931-

Title In the line of fire : presidents' lives at stake / by Judith St. George.

Publication Info. New York : Holiday House, [1999]
©1999

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 364.15 ST. GEORGE c.2  Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 144 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
Contents 1. "Who is dead in the White House?" / Abraham Lincoln -- 2. The summer of the president / James Abram Garfield -- 3. "Nearer my God to thee" / William McKinley -- 4. The eternal flame / John Fitzgerald Kennedy -- 5. The survivors.
Summary Details surrounding the four successful and seven unsuccessful assassination attempts on the lives of American presidents. Four chapters focus on the deaths of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. The fifth chapter, includes brief sketches of botched or foiled assassination attempts against Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Ages 10-up.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.3 3.0 36665.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Assassination -- History.
Genre/Form Juvenile materials.
ISBN 0823414280
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