Close calls : how eleven US presidents escaped from the brink of death

Spradlin, Michael P., author.

Book

New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020.

©2020

x, 116 pages ; 24 cm

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Grade 4 to 6.

Ages 9-11.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Presidents -- United States -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Near-death experiences -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

How eleven US presidents escaped from the brink of death

How eleven United States presidents escaped from the brink of death

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.

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