In the Line of Fire: Presidents' Lives at Stake
- ISBN-10
- 0823414280
- ISBN-13
- 9780823414284
- Series
- In the Line of Fire
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / General
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Author
- Judith St. George
Description
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.
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