This week marks the thirtieth anniversary of the attempted assassination of then President Ronald Reagan. CBS Sunday Morning looks at how close that call actually was.

Interviewed in the segment is Del Qentin Wilbur, author of a new book that discloses previously unknown details about the event. The book is titled Rawhide Down, after Reagan’s Secret Service code name.

The book rose to #79 on Amazon sales rankings as a result.

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Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan Del Quentin Wilber Retail Price: $27.00 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. – (2011-03-15) ISBN / EAN: 9780805093469 / 9780805093469

Audio; Macmillan; ISBN 9781427211835
Large Print; Center Point; 9781611730425; 4/1/11

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