{"product_id":"hunting-the-president-threats-plots-and-assassination-attempts-from-fdr-to-obama-9781510783102","title":"Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts--From FDR to Obama","description":"In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut most historians have overlooked or downplayed the many threats modern presidents have faced, and survived. Author Mel Ayton sets the record straight in his new book \u003ci\u003eHunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts--From FDR to Obama\u003c\/i\u003e, telling the sensational story of largely forgotten--or never-before revealed--malicious attempts to slay America's leaders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupported by court records, newspaper archives, government reports, FBI files, and transcripts of interviews from presidential libraries, \u003ci\u003eHunting the President\u003c\/i\u003e reveals: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow an armed, would-be assassin stalked President Roosevelt and spent ten days waiting across the street from the White House for his chance to shoot him\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Secret Service foiled a plot by a Cuban immigrant who told coworkers he was going to shoot LBJ from a window overlooking the president's motorcade route\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a deranged man broke into Reagan's California home and attempted to strangle the former president before he was subdued by Secret Service agents.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn early 1992 a mentally deranged man stalking Bush turned up at the wrong presidential venue for his planned assassination attempt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationships presidents held with their protectors and the effect it had on the Secret Service's mission\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunting the President\u003c\/i\u003e opens the vault of stories about how many of our recent Presidents have come within a hair's breadth of assassination, leaving America's fate in the balance. Most of these stories have remained buried--until now. \u003ci\u003eIncludes glossy photo signature of historic pictures and documents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510783102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs","brand":"Mel Ayton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44561461248181,"sku":"9781510783102","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0e40c23b-e33e-4662-8351-24050b23471e.jpg?v=1723525604","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hunting-the-president-threats-plots-and-assassination-attempts-from-fdr-to-obama-9781510783102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}