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Book The Unexpected President

Download or read book The Unexpected President written by Scott S. Greenberger and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A. Arthur to become a strong and effective president, a courageous anti-corruption reformer, and an early civil rights advocate. Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. As President James A. Garfield struggled for his life, Arthur knew better than his detractors that he failed to meet the high standard a president must uphold. And yet, from the moment President Arthur took office, he proved to be not just honest but brave, going up against the very forces that had controlled him for decades. He surprised everyone -- and gained many enemies -- when he swept house and took on corruption, civil rights for blacks, and issues of land for Native Americans. A mysterious young woman deserves much of the credit for Arthur's remarkable transformation. Julia Sand, a bedridden New Yorker, wrote Arthur nearly two dozen letters urging him to put country over party, to find "the spark of true nobility" that lay within him. At a time when women were barred from political life, Sand's letters inspired Arthur to transcend his checkered past--and changed the course of American history. This beautifully written biography tells the dramatic, untold story of a virtually forgotten American president. It is the tale of a machine politician and man-about-town in Gilded Age New York who stumbled into the highest office in the land, only to rediscover his better self when his nation needed him.

Book Biography by Americans 1658 1936

Download or read book Biography by Americans 1658 1936 written by Edward H. O'Neill and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the most comprehensive bibliography of purely biographical material written by Americans. It covers every possible field of life but, by design, excludes autobiographies, diaries, and journals.

Book Destiny of the Republic

Download or read book Destiny of the Republic written by Candice Millard and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt. "Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." —The Washington Post James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power—over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history. Look for Candice Millard’s latest book, River of the Gods.

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County Michigan

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book James A Garfield

Download or read book James A Garfield written by Ira Rutkow and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of James A. Garfield, his rise from humble beginnings to become the twentieth President of the United States, only to be assassinated four months later; and describes how his death could have been avoided by more competent medical care.

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County Michigan

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 893 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of McLean County Ill

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of McLean County Ill written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties Illinois

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties Illinois written by Brookhaven Press and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion and Edgar Counties Illinois

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion and Edgar Counties Illinois written by Brookhaven Press and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gentleman Boss

Download or read book Gentleman Boss written by Thomas C. Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-scale political biography of the 21st President, based on newly discovered documents. Shows Arthur to be a master political organizer and patronage boss.

Book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties Iowa Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County Together with Portraits and Biographies of All Governors of the State

Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties Iowa Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County Together with Portraits and Biographies of All Governors of the State written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: