Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford

Housewife Assassin is a book about Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. It received awards from the International Book Awards, BookFest, and Reader's Favorite. Geri Spieler, a journalist, deconstructs Moore's life, tracing her path from a small-town upbringing to the assassination attempt.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Diversion Books

Housewife Assassin: The Untold Story of Sara Jane Moore, the Woman Who Tried to Kill President Gerald Ford

Best Nonfiction True Crime award from the International Book Awards, Five Stars from Reader's Favorite, and numerous other honors have been bestowed upon President Gerald Ford. Spieler paints a picture of a volatile, unpredictable woman with a remarkable ability to change identities, with the 1960s and 1970s serving as a dramatic setting. This book will appeal to fans of true crime stories or modern history.

During his time in office, President Gerald Ford was the target of two assassination attempts: the first by Lynette Squeaky Fromme, a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, and the second by Sara Jane Moore, an average middle-aged mother of five. Journalist Geri Spieler, who had maintained a thirty-year relationship with Moore in prison, examines her life in the book "Housewife Assassin," tracing the path from Moore's humble beginnings in West Virginia to the moment she attempted to assassinate the president.

Throughout her erratic life, Moore concealed her identity and deceived those around her. She married five times, abandoned children, feigned amnesia, befriended Patty Hearst's father, became a revolutionary, and worked as an FBI informant turned double agent, feeding information to underground radicals, all before the assassination attempt.

Through her insider correspondence and independent research, including interviews with President Ford himself, Spieler confirms details and debunks myths to deliver a compelling profile of a society lady turned elusive assassin. The book sheds light on Moore's complex life and provides a fresh perspective on a historical event that has fascinated readers for decades.

Dimension: 215 x 139 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781635768251