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Prologue: "Avenge my death!" -- "We stand at Armageddon" --"God has called me to be His instrument" -- "We want no king" -- "A perfect stranger" -- "I'm not a fancy fencing match" -- "It was a new thing to me" -- "A decent, respectable reception" -- "I want to be a good Indian, O.K." -- "He pinked me, Harry" -- "The wound is a trivial one" -- "I am not a lunatic" -- Epilogue: "I have already lived and enjoyed as much of my life as any other nine men I know.";John 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, Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin 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

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Author

Roosevelt, Theodore;Schrank, John Flammang;Helferich, Gerard

Publisher

Lyons Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781493000760

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, True Crime

Rating

3.79 / 5 (114 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13