Description - Assassins' America: Four Killers, Four Murdered Presidents and the Country They Left Behind by Jessica Gunderson
Lincoln watched a play. Garfield walked through a train station. McKinley shook hands with his public. Kennedy smiled and waved from a motorcade. In these moments shots rang out and four presidents suffered mortal wounds. Some say their assassins were calculating killers. Others say they were madmen guided by strange notions of the world. Assassins' America examines the life of each killer and his victim. Their stories are full of twists and mysteries, and even today Americans live with lasting effects of these terrible crimes. AGES: 9 to 15 AUTHORS: Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than fifty books for young readers. Her book Ropes of Revolution won the 2008 Moonbeam Award for best graphic novel. Joe Tougas is an award-winning journalist, educator, and musician from Mankato, Minn. He is also a songwriter and performer with The Frye, an acoustic duo who perform plenty of Beatles songs. He is the recipient of a 2014 McKnight Fellowship for songwriting. SELLING POINTS: The authors deliver a highly readable description of the four assassinations of U.S. presidents, the motives of the killers, and sometimes bizarre circumstances of the crimes The text details critical turning points in U.S. history and invites readers to consider how the country was changed and how it might be different today if not for these murders A fast-paced approach and inviting prose make this the kind of nonfiction readers don't want to put down
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