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American gunfight the plot to kill Harry Truman-and the shoot-out that stopped it

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...

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Main Author: Hunter, Stephen, 1946-
Other Authors: Bainbridge, John, 1946-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972 > Assassination attempt, 1950.
Collazo, Oscar, > 1914-
Torresola, Griselio.
Nationalists > Puerto Rico > Biography.
Assassins > Biography.
Blair House (Washington, D.C.)
United States. > Secret Service > Officials and employees > Biography.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:ix, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index.
ISBN:0743260686
Author Notes:Stephen Hunter was born on March 25, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1968. He spent two years in the United States Army as a ceremonial soldier in Washington, D.C., and later wrote for a military paper, the Pentagon News. In 1971, he joined The Baltimore Sun as a copy editor and he became its film critic in 1982. He won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award in the criticism category in 1998 and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2003.

He is the author of several books including The Master Sniper, The Second Saladin, Dirty White Boys, and Soft Target. He is also the author of the Bob Lee Swagger series and the Earl Swagger series. He has written non-fiction books including Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem, American Gunfight, and Now Playing at the Valencia.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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