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In the president's secret service : behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect

2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Kessler, Ronald, 1943-
Title:	In the president's secret service : behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect / Ronald Kessler.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Crown Publishers, ©2009.
Description:	xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary:	Because Secret Service agents are sworn to secrecy, the American public rarely knows what presidents, vice presidents, presidential candidates, and Cabinet officers and their families are really like. If they did, says a former Secret Service agent, "They would scream."
Subjects:	United States. Secret Service -- History. Secret service -- United States -- History. Presidents -- Protection -- United States.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Supervise -- Lancer -- Volunteer -- Threats -- Searchlight -- Daro -- Passkey -- Crown -- Jackal -- Deacon -- Stagecoach -- Rawhide -- Rainbow -- Hogan's alley -- "I forgot to duck" -- The big show -- Timberwolf -- A psychic's vision -- Eagle -- Cutting corners -- POTUS -- Shutting down magnetometers -- Trailblazer -- Living on borrowed time -- Turquoise and Twinkle -- Angler -- Renegade -- Grenade -- Padding statistics -- Dereliction of duty.
Web Site:	Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2010275280
ISBN:	9780307461353 0307461351 9780307461360 030746136X
Other Number:	316029354
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Control Number:	246205
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Call Number:	363.283 Kessler

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