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02489nam a2200397Ia 4500 001 8C64E32A2B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 005 20150502030710 008 070301r20072005nyuaf b 001 0deng d 020 $a 9780743260695 020 $a 0743260694 035 $a (OCoLC)85481116 040 $a FVC $c FVC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d JIM $d SILO 050 $a E814 $b .H86 2007 100 1 $a Hunter, Stephen, $d 1946- 245 1 $a American gunfight : $b the plot to kill Harry Truman, and the shoot-out that stopped it / $c Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr. 260 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c c2007. 300 $a ix, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index. 520 $a This is a groundbreaking work of meticulous historical research and the dramatic story of an act of terrorism that almost succeeded. Journalists Hunter and Bainbridge have pieced together the story of the 1950 conspiracy to assassinate President Harry Truman, and of how a few good men--ordinary guys willing to risk their lives in the line of duty--stopped it in a bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington. The authors examine the forces that led the Puerto Rican nationalist perpetrators to conceive the plot. They tell the story of the men themselves, from their youth and the world in which they grew up, to the moment the gunfire erupted. This book is about courage--on both sides, about what politics and devotion to a cause can lead men to do, and about what actually happens, second by second, when a gunfight explodes.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Truman, Harry S., $d 1884-1972 $x Assassination attempt, 1950. 600 10 $a Collazo, Oscar, $d 1914- 600 10 $a Torresola, Griselio. 610 20 $a Blair House (Washington, D.C.) 610 10 $a United States. $b Secret Service $x Officials and employees. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nationalists $z Puerto Rico $v Biography. 650 0 $a Assassins $v Biography. 700 1 $a Bainbridge, John, $d 1946- 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0630/2005051587-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2005051587-s.html 939 $a 5808003 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710071333.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20170720011125.0 952 $l GWPB501 $d 20151126013106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C64E32A2B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search