{"product_id":"theodore-roosevelt-and-the-assassin-madness-vengeance-and-the-campaign-of-1913","title":"Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTheodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGerard Helferich\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780762782994\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLyons Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e2nd Print\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Flammang Schrank--a lonely Manhattan saloonkeeper--was obsessed with the 1912 presidential election and Theodore Roosevelt. The ex-president's extremism and third-term campaign were downright un-American. Convinced that TR would ignite civil war and leave the nation open to foreign invasion, Schrank answered what he believed to be a divine summons, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ebuying a gun and stalking Roosevelt across seven Southern and Midwestern states, blending into throngs of supporters. In Chattanooga and Chicago, he failed to act. In Milwaukee, on October 14, Schrank crossed TR's path again--BANG! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt and the Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e is the dynamic unfolding account of the audacious attempt on Roosevelt's life by a lone and fanatical assailant. Based on original sources including police interrogations, eyewitness testimony, and newspaper reports, the book is above all a fast-paced, suspenseful narrative. Drawing from Schrank's own statements and writings, it also provides a chilling glimpse into the mind of a political assassin. Rich with local color and period detail, it transports the reader to the American heartland during a pivotal moment in our history, when the forces of progressivism and conservatism were battling for the nation's soul--and the most revered man in America traveled across the country campaigning relentlessly against Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene V. Debs in what historians agree was the first modern American presidential contest.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912 | Gerard Helferich | Hardcover | 9780762782994 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760081","offer_id":49199065006232,"sku":"1760081","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71w9o-GmkaL.jpg?v=1780693980","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/theodore-roosevelt-and-the-assassin-madness-vengeance-and-the-campaign-of-1913","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}