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1) Winter kills
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
A whistleblower looks too deeply into a president's assassination in this darkly satiric conspiracy thriller from the author of The Manchurian Candidate. It has been more than a decade since the assassination of US President Timothy Kegan, who was gunned down while riding in a motorcade through the streets of Philadelphia. The "lone gunman" responsible was arrested and convicted, and the country has moved on. President Kegan's half-brother Nick tries...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the evening of Good Friday, 1865, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris joined the Lincolns in the presidential box at Ford's Theater, becoming eyewitnesses to one of the great tragedies of American history. In this riveting novel, Thomas Mallon re-creates the unusual love story of this young engaged couple whose fateful encounter with history profoundly affects the remainder of their lives. Lincoln's assassination is only one part of the remarkable...
6) Kentucky!
Author
Series
Wagons West ; 20
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Following the Civil War, Toby Holt is sent to the Kentucky hills in pursuit of an assassin plotting against President Grant's life.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1968.
Language
English
Description
Uses characters and settings from Advise and consent, A shade of difference, and Capable of honor.
In this political thriller, Drury describes the chaos that overtakes America and the world with the suspicious death of the President just after his renomination. His death leaves the incumbent party without a candidate or an easy method for selecting one.
