Fr. 30.50

American Gunfight

Inglese · Tascabile

Spedizione di solito entro 6 a 7 settimane

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"A fast-paced thriller." -- Alonzo Hamby, The Wall Street Journal Informationen zum Autor Stephen Hunter is the bestselling author of The Third Bullet, Dead Zero, Point of Impact, and many other novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, American Gunfight. John Bainbridge, Jr., is a freelance journalist. A former reporter for The Baltimore Sun and legal affairs editor for The Daily Record (Baltimore), he is also a lawyer and former Maryland assistant attorney general. He lives near Butler, Maryland. This electrifying book is the first full account of the historical day fanatical suicide-martyrs attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola viewed themselves as soldiers participating in the violent campaign for an independent Puerto Rico. November 1, 1950 -- an unseasonably hot afternoon in sleepy Washington, D.C. At 2:00 P.M. at his temporary residence in Blair House, President Harry Truman takes a nap. At 2:20 P.M., two Puerto Rican natives approach from different directions. Oscar Collazo, a respected metal polisher and family man, and Griselio Torresola, an unemployed salesman, don´t look dangerous, not in their new suits and hats, not in their calm, purposeful demeanor, not in their slow, unexcited approach. What the three White House policemen and one Secret Service agent guarding the president cannot guess is that under each man´s coat is a 9mm German automatic pistol and in each head, a dream of assassin´s glory.

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Autori John Bainbridge, Stephen Hunter
Editore Simon & Schuster USA
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 01.02.2007
 
EAN 9780743260695
ISBN 978-0-7432-6069-5
Dimensioni 154 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
Categorie Saggistica > Storia > Altro

Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, North America, HISTORY / North America, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, North America (USA and Canada), C 1945 To C 1960

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