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Watergate's forgotten hero : Frank Wills, night watchman
- Title
- Watergate's forgotten hero : Frank Wills, night watchman / Adam Henig ; foreword by JaQwan J. Kelly.
- Author
- Henig, Adam
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Kelly, JaQwan J.
- Description
- xi, 201 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Nearly everyone involved with the Watergate saga has been scrutinized, except one: night watchman Frank Wills. On the evening of June 17, 1972, the 24-year-old security guard was on duty at the Watergate Office Building when he detected a break-in. A high school dropout with only a few hours of formal security training, Wills alerted the police who caught five burglars, ultimately igniting a national political scandal that ended with the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Through exhaustive research and numerous interviews, the story of America's most famous night watchman is told. The only African American connected with the Watergate affair, Wills enjoyed a brief moment in the limelight but was unable to cope with his newfound fame and lived the remainder of his life in obscurity and poverty"--
- Alternative Title
- Frank Wills, night watchman
- Subject
- Wills, Frank, 1948-2000
- 1969-1974
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
- Police, Private > United States > Biography
- Police, Private > United States > History
- African Americans > Politics and government
- Watchmen > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
- Politics and government
- Watchmen
- North Augusta (S.C.) > Biography
- United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974
- South Carolina > North Augusta
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "Impenetrable" Security -- The Break-In -- Savannah -- North Augusta -- Job Corps -- Watergate -- Metro Police -- The Caper -- Opportunity Knocks -- Delusions of Grandeur -- From Bad to Worse -- Downward Spiral -- "I've Done My Work".
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-38
- ISBN
- 9781476684802
- 1476684804
- LCCN
- 2021022105
- OCLC
- 1199057275
- Author
- Henig, Adam, author.
- Title
- Watergate's forgotten hero : Frank Wills, night watchman / Adam Henig ; foreword by JaQwan J. Kelly.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1969-1974
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Kelly, JaQwan J., writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-38