{"product_id":"the-first-family-detail-secret-service-agents-reveal-the-hidden-lives-of-the-presidents-paperback","title":"The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER - \u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eRon Kessler appears to get everything first.\"--\u003ci\u003eSlate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs in a play, presidents, vice presidents, and presidential candidates perform onstage for the public and the media. What the nation's leaders are really like and what goes on behind the scenes remain hidden. Secret Service agents have a front-row seat on their private lives and those of their wives and children. Crammed with new headline-making revelations, \u003ci\u003eThe First Family Detail\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ronald Kessler tells that eye-opening, uncensored story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Family Detail\u003c\/i\u003e reveals: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Vice President Joe Biden regularly orders the Secret Service to keep his military aide with the nuclear football a mile behind his motorcade, potentially leaving the country unable to retaliate in the event of a nuclear attack. \u003cbr\u003e- Secret Service agents discovered that former president Bill Clinton has a blond mistress--code-named Energizer by agents--who lives near the Clintons' home in Chappaqua, New York. \u003cbr\u003e- The Secret Service covered up the fact that President Ronald Reagan's White House staff overruled the agency to let unscreened spectators get close to Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton, allowing John W. Hinckley Jr. to shoot the president. \u003cbr\u003e- Because Hillary Clinton is so nasty to agents, being assigned to her protective detail is considered a form of punishment and the worst assignment in the Secret Service. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kessler's such a skilled storyteller, you almost forget this is dead-serious nonfiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald Kessler is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets of the FBI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the President's Secret Service\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe CIA at War\u003c\/i\u003e. A former \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e investigative reporter, Kessler has won eighteen journalism awards, including two George Polk awards, one for national reporting and one for community service. He was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine. Kessler lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife, Pamela Kessler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757616070944,"sku":"9780804139618","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3ca93e88e53422dd0715cd63dd35db3.webp?v=1780106826","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-first-family-detail-secret-service-agents-reveal-the-hidden-lives-of-the-presidents-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}