The Day the President Was Shot: The Secret Service, the FBI, a Would-Be Killer, and the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan

It's an easy to read book with lots of historical accuracy and well documented. However, it lacked details on the day of his assassination attempt. The actual event comprised 1/3 of the book. The other 2/3's comprised events leading up to the assassination and post events following the tragedy. I would of preferred to see a first person account of the actual day.However, Bill O'Reilly, former history school teacher, is a great historian and did an excellent job in presenting some historical facts that would interest any history student or person with an interest in our United States presidents. For that reason alone I give it five stars and I'm Marvin P. Ferguson, author of Boys On The Gold Coast.

Meh... typical CIA-written book... the Hinckley back-story is appalling.Bush tried to have Reagan killed. The 'smoking gun'? Watch "The Saving of the President" on YouTube.It's a 30-minute documentary produced in late 1981 by the PR department of GW Univ. Hospital.It gives first-hand accounts from the doctors and nurses on staff -- re-enacted for the viewer.The doctor who first discovered a bullet hole in Reagan's side ALSO says (find it at the 8:20 mark)..."There was a blackish rim around the wound."I don't know too much about anything, but that sounds like POWDER BURNS to me.Powder burns indicate that JERRY PARR shot Reagan INSIDE the limo. It was NOT a ricochet from Hinckley's weapon.This means it was an "Inside Job" (isn't everything?) -- and Reagan was supposed to die that day.Nevertheless, George H.W. Bush effectively 'took over' the Reagan presidency for the next 8 years.Even Reagan's son Michael says, "My Dad was never the same after the assassination attempt."My belief is that Reagan realized it was Parr who shot him.He kept saying, "What I can't figure out is the DELAY between the time I allegedly got hit by Hinckley's bullet, and when I first felt the pain. It felt like Jerry Parr hit me with a hammer!"Put 2 and 2 together, folks...

I recommend this book to people beginning a career in writing to see the effective use of present tense and past tense and how to change back-and-forth between them.

I love history! Bill take time to make history interesting. His way to tell the story from all different angles might his reading enjoyable.

History written to keep young people interested and wanting to learn more.

This is a child version ( of Killing Reagan ) covering the events that led up to the shooting of President Ronald Reagan . It is a good source of information for children from about 11- 14.

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Important history done very well. Adolph Hitler in 1940 said, "how fortunate for those of us in power that people don't read." In 2016, things have gotten worse instead of better. When people don't have a good education there can be many reasons to explain that. When people are ill informed, there is no explanation and there is no excuse. O'Reilly makes reading fun and informative.