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{{Short description|1973 book by Arthur Bremer}}
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| name           = An Assassin's Diary
| image          = An Assassin's Diary.jpg
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| caption        = First edition
| authors        = [[Arthur Bremer]] and Harding Lemay
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| country        = United States
| language       = English
| subject        = United States, Assassins
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| published      = 1973 (Harper's Magazine Press)
| media_type     = Print
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| awards         = 
| isbn           = 0-06-120470-6
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| oclc           = 590731
| dewey          = 976.1060924
| congress       = E840.8.B73
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'''''An Assassin's Diary''''' ({{ISBN|0-06-120470-6}}) is a book written by [[Arthur Bremer]] and Harding Lemay and released in 1973. It was based on part of the diary of Bremer, the would-be [[assassination|assassin]] of Alabama governor [[George Wallace]]. Bremer shot Wallace on May 15, 1972, at the [[Laurel Shopping Center]] in [[Laurel, Maryland]], while Wallace was in the midst of his third campaign for [[President of the United States|President]].

In the book, Bremer says he was not particularly opposed to Wallace's political agenda, which many had branded as [[white supremacist]]; his primary motive was to become famous as he had also stalked President [[Richard Nixon]].

[[Paul Schrader]] was partly inspired by Bremer's diary when he wrote the screenplay for the 1976 film ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', which was directed by [[Martin Scorsese]].{{Disputed inline|Talk page section|date=January 2024}} Peter Gabriel's 1980 song "[[Family Snapshot]]," from ''[[Peter Gabriel (1980 album)|Peter Gabriel (III)]]'' was inspired by ''An Assassin's Diary''.<ref>[http://blogcritics.org/music-review-peter-gabriel-melt-1980/ Music Review: Peter Gabriel – Melt (1980)]</ref>