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Author:

Spradlin, Michael P, author.

Title:

Close calls : how eleven US presidents escaped from the brink of death / Michael Spradlin.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 116 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Presidents--United States--Juvenile literature.--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Presidents--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Presidents--History--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Near-death experiences--United States--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-110) and index.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1547600233
9781547600236

LCCN:

2019019164

Locations:

OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford) — J973.09 Spr

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)