Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan

by Del Quentin Wilber

Book Overview

A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 A Richmond Times Dispatch Top Book for 2011 A minute-by-minute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was just seventy days into his first term of office when John Hinckley Jr. opened fire outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, wounding the president, press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080509346X
• ISBN13: 9780805093469
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Astonishing! A must read!

Wow! This is a fantastic true story! I never knew all this happened & how close to death Reagan came. This author is a good writer, I kept having to stand up when reading it was breathtaking! A fast moving, incredible story of that day when Reagan was shot! No one knew he was so seriously injured. There are heroes in this true narrative of that assassination attempt & how it all unfolded & what they had to do to try & save the Presidents life which thank God, they did. Read it!