ISBN10: 080509346X, ISBN13: 9780805093469, [publisher: Henry Holt] Hardcover First Edition First Edition, First Printing -- signed by both Secret Service Agent Jerry Parr and author Del Quentin Wilber -- of this detailed, narrative history of the dramatic events surrounds the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Presents an acutely observed account of the shooting and immediate aftermath -- when Agent Parr arguably saved the president's life -- and the tense course of medical treatment. President Reagan came much closer to dying than was publicly known at the time and survived in part because the trauma center George Washington University Hospital had then-innovative trauma care protocols and because doctor were able to solve a difficult medical puzzle before it was too late. Signed by Del Quentin Wilber and Jerry Parr on the half title page with an inscription to a previous owner. 305 pages, illustrated. Has tanning on page edges.
[Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]
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