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The Story of the Secret Service (Landmark Books)
The Story of the Secret Service - Landmark Books Author:Ferdinand Kuhn Ever since the time of the first President Johnson in 1865, the Secret Service has tracked down conterfeiters. Ever since the fatal shooting of President William McKinley in 1901, the Secret Service has also been assigned to the complete and vigilant protection of the government's cheif executive. Congress has repeatedly added to its assigned jo... more »bs; it is now responsible for guarding the Vice President, for example, and for catching forgers of government checks.
In this book, Ferdinand kuhn presents not only the story of the origin of the Service and an account of what it does, but an exciting colllection of actual case histories taken from Secret Service files.« less