
American Gunfight
The Plot to Kill Harry Truman and the Shoot-Out That Stopped It
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Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Hunter, the widely admired and best-selling novelist and author of such books as Havana, Hot Springs, and Dirty White Boys, and John Bainbridge, Jr., an experienced journalist and lawyer, American Gunfight is at once a groundbreaking work of meticulous historical research and the vivid and dramatically told story of an act of terrorism that almost succeeded. They have pieced together, at last, the story of the conspiracy that nearly doomed the president and how a few good men, ordinary guys who were willing to risk their lives in the line of duty, stopped it.
©2005 Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge (P)2005 Books on Tape, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Eileen
- 06-19-16
Some very tight editing would have helped a lot!
I enjoy detail as much as anyone, but the authors of American Gunfight took detail way to the extreme. The actions of the police and secret service agents were interesting- their performance in the high school football game or their first job wasn't. A very interesting event that would have made a very interesting book if it was about half the length.
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- Derek
- 04-15-06
Worth the listen
This was a very long book about an event that took 38 seconds. Gives a good understanding of the Nationalist movement in Puerto Rico. The book can be a frustrating listen since it will go into hour long side stories about the participants in the shooting.
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- Feather
- 06-27-10
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Interesting for lovers of detail; fascinating history of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the US. Well read. The title is somewhat misleading because the gunfight took less than one minute. The story was really about the many individuals involved and the political atmosphere.
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- James Gordon
- 01-25-06
Spellbinding History
This book is a wonderful surprise. The author takes an episode from history (the attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman) and gives it up-to-date relevance and edge-of-your-seat suspense. I've never read a book that takes 10 seconds of an event and turns it into an entire chapter. "American Gunfight" shows just how little we've progressed in the past 55 years. It's a must read that makes for sober wonderment at man's ability to frustrate the best in himself.
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- Ross
- 08-14-17
A piece of history revealed
This is much less a work of fiction than a journalistic retelling with the add on of what may have been. At no time do the authors ever assert that their colouring of the journalism is true, instead calling it out plainly and basing it on the facts as available. I learned a great deal about America in the late 40s and early 50s and the book gave me a perspective on Puerto Rico that I would otherwise never have seen. Fascinating!
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- Rick Zalewski
- 01-18-06
Scattered
An excellent topic that is not treated well. I believe that the author just likes to see his words (as many as possible)in print. Ambles constantly which made it very difficult to follow. I found that it could not hold my attention.
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- Linwood
- 12-31-18
whole story could have been told in 50 pages
The plot traces the lives not just of the main players, but those of only historical significance. It spends pages describing the personal dress and daily pursuits of the characters. The story line jumps and dances around relevant facts and actions mixing in barely related events and characters. The story is simple and probably not meaty enough to base a book solely on the events. A great deal of filler was necessary to make a full book.
I like Hunter's other works, read just about all of them. None are like this. Fortunately.
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- A Lady from Missouri
- 10-02-11
WAAAAAAY TOO MUCH DETAIL...ACK!
VERY VERY hard to listen to the whole thing....Way too much detail! I'm from Independence Missouri, hometown of Harry Truman and I could barely get through it....sorry!
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- Curious
- 01-12-06
tedious
Like listening to grass grow. Very ponderous-how many times can you hear about how policemen tie their ties. It stretches 15 minutes of fame into 15 hours.
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- chuck
- 12-10-06
an american gunfight
This is absolutely the most tedious thing I ever tried to listen to. I had listened to another Stephen Hunter book, so I tried this. Could NOT finish it.
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