"Highly recommended Secret Service overview from the late Prof. Melanson (R.I.P. Sept. 2006). I am on several pages+the Bibliography. Good JFK chapter.

Fantastic, well written book on the Secret Service by the former ASAIC of Reagan's PPD. Great info. on SAIC of PPD Robert L. DeProspero. The Secret Service agent who lunged over the table when George H.W. Bush threw up in Japan, Rich S. "Skip" Miller, Petro's deputy (later the SAIC of PPD during later Bush/ early Clinton), is pictured.

I wrote two Secret Service chapters in this great book.

I played a large part in this book, as far as former agent Abe Bolden and other matters are concerned.

Nice book on the agency

Great book by former agent Bill Carter (whom I corresponded with)

Worth it for the short comments from former agents Sam Kinney, Jerry Behn, Floyd Boring, James Rowley, etc.

Good book, albeit one filled with errors and lone-nut bias. Manchester interviewed 20+ former agets, many of whom I spoke to, as well (I spoke to over 70). BUYER BEWARE: he did NOT interview Floyd Boring, although the former agent is quoted!!!

Good book from JFK's first Secret Service Chief (replaced by James Rowley)

Nice book from the late Carmine Motto

The funny thing is: this book may be intended for a young audience, but is actually quite appropriate for an older readership, as well! Richly illustrated with some rare photographs

There are some great photographs and some nice anecdotes from this brave and dedicated public servant. Dar is a great guy and a very good writer. Get this at once!

I reluctantly impose a 3-star rating on this work. It may be short, dated, and intended for a young audience, but it DOES have some good moments, especially the photographs (I especially like the one of Stu Knight and Art Godfrey at target practice on page 20).

As the leading civilian authority on the U.S. Secret Service, I was disappointed with this error-ridden book by the legend-in-his-own-mind Harry Neal. There IS some suprisingly good information on former Director H. Stuart "Stu" Knight. It has its moments, I guess...but needed a co-writer to flesh out the style and especially the FACTS.

I reluctantly give this partial propaganda a 3-star rating, largely for the GOOD, non-propaganda information contained within. Dorman, a staunch government friend and anti-Garrison advocate, had Secret Service help with this book...which definitely tainted the results in the JFK areas of the book. If you are a Secret Service enthusiast, you have to get it, though; it's that simple.

I get a kick out of Marty Venker: he is alot like one of his evident heroes, Brooks Keller (the wild former agent chronicled briefly in both his book and Dennis McCarthy's). Venker's book, actually 'written' by George Rush, is a funny yet informative chronicle of a square peg in a round hole---Venker, the wild child, trying to conform to rigid, structured, pressure-packed duty as a Special Agent.

I was greatly suprised and impressed with this "kids" book about the Secret Service. Some very good information about the modern Secret Service is captured in good detail. In addition, there are several nice photographs included. Buy it!

Great Secret Service sponsored movie---Jerry Parr, Jack Warner, Bob Snow, and several others were technical consultants. This movie is loosely based off Clint Hill's story. The bonus material is great---former agents Bob Snow, Jerry Parr, Hubert Bell, Carl Meyer, and others are interviewed.

Richly illustrated, well written, and very informative, Mark Beyer does a fine job of providing a "Cliff Notes" tome about the Secret Service that is especially geared for the young.

A nice cast of characters---former agents Clint Hill, Jerry Parr, Rufus Youngblood, & Larry Beundorf among them---really makes this series come alive.