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American gunfight : the plot to kill Harry Truman-- and the shoot-out that stopped it / Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr.

Hunter, Stephen, 1946- (Author). Bainbridge, John, 1946- (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780743260695
ISBN: 0743260694
Physical Description: ix, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First simon and Schuster paperback edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Originally published: 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A drive around Washington -- Griselio agonistes -- Revolution -- The old couple -- Mr. Gonzales and Mr. De Silva go to Washington -- Early morning -- Baby starches the shirts -- Toad -- The new guy -- The Buick guy -- The guns -- The ceremony -- Indian summer -- The big walk -- Oscar -- "It did not go off" -- Pappy -- The next ten seconds -- Resurrection man -- So loud, so fast -- Upstairs at Blair -- Downstairs at Blair -- Borinquen -- Oscar alone -- The end's run -- Good hands -- The Colossus Rhoads -- Oscar goes down -- The second assault -- Pimienta -- Point-blank -- The man who loved guns -- The dark visitors -- Mortal danger -- The neighbor -- American gunfight -- The good Samaritan -- The policemen's wives -- The scene -- Inside the soccer shoe -- Who shot Oscar? -- The roundup -- Taps -- Oscar on trial -- Deep conspiracy -- Cressie does her duty -- Oscar speaks -- --R-I---- -- Epilogue: Destinies.