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    In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life
    In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life
    In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life
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    In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life

    Written by Jerry Parr and Carolyn Parr

    Narrated by Eric G. Dove

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    When Jerry Parr was eight years old, he knew he wanted to be a Secret Service agent when he grew up. Little did this eight-year-old dreamer know that he would become the agent responsible for saving the life of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.

    Jerry grew up surviving three fathers, and as a result he became his mother’s protector, sleeping with a knife under his pillow and vowing to give his life if necessary in order to save her.

    These early influences not only shaped Jerry to become the head agent in Ronald Reagan’s protective detail, but they prepared him for a life of rescuing others. Jerry describes his transition from the vigilant life of a Secret Service agent to one lived in service to others, saying, “It’s a strange twist that having spent my so-called prime years protecting political figures from death, I spend a lot of time now helping people to surrender to it. In spite of all the risks I took and all the near misses, I have lived a long life. God’s love has sustained me and sustains me still. It will carry me through my inevitable rendezvous with death.”

    At times heart pounding, at times heart rending, this richly textured memoir of a Secret Service agent will move you first to the edge of your seat, then to the depths of your soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781480540491
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    Jerry Parr

    Jerry Parr served as a special agent in the United States Secret Service from 1962-1985. During his tenure he protected four Vice Presidents and was Special Agent in Charge for Presidents Carter and Reagan. After retiring, Jerry earned a master's degree in pastoral counseling from Loyola University.

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      Jerry Parr shows us the good, the bad, the stressful, and the boring side of life as a Secret Service agent on the White House Detail. The writing is crisp and precise, giving the reader a first hand experience as though they had been at Parr's side.