Michael P. Spradlin

Close Calls (eBook, ePUB)

How Eleven US Presidents Escaped from the Brink of Death

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781547601394
• Artikelnr.: 58610528

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL P. SPRADLIN is the author of several books for children and teens, including Walker's Texas Rangers: Legendary Lawmen, Daniel Boone's Great Escape, and Off Like the Wind! The Story of the Pony Express, as well as the Youngest Templar series. He lives with his family in Michigan. www.michaelspradlin.com