Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield... and the Tragic Story of His Death
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield ...
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield
Author: John Clark RidpathDestiny of the Republic
Author: Candice MillardPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385535007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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.
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385431395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States
Author: John Clark RidpathNotes from Boomerang Creek
Author: Cathy SalterPublisher: Compass Flower Press
ISBN: 9781942168461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
In Notes From Boomerang Creek, the author showcases the world situation and nature in a mindful way, observing both with both keen intent on putting her poetic pen to the page, just as an artist brushes pigment on canvas. Cathy makes daily scenes and ordinary people come to life through her evocative prose In journeys both local and distant, her sensitive observations and keen imagination take the reader into worlds they want to know better--or find in their own travels. Written with style and lyrical power, these essays show the positive side of life left too often left behind by us all. When looking back on travel adventures and reflecting on the human condition, it is natural to first remember the negative things when recounting our views, but it is the beauty of life and the hope for a better world that bring us so much joy. Cathy Salter has succeeded in finding joy in everyday life as will as extraordinary happenings, and she has painted each essay with uncommon vision for the reader's pleasure. "Cathy Salter has an artist's eye, a poet's ear, and a lover's heart. Her essays invite the reader to partake of a wondrous life filled with the joys of country walks, great books, travel to distant locales, and good food shared with dear friends. Pour yourself a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and settle in by the fire: You won't find a more rewarding place to spend time than Boomerang Creek." Matthew Goodman, bestselling author of Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
James A. Garfield
Author: Ira RutkowPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466827920
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors James A. Garfield was one of the Republican Party's leading lights in the years following the Civil War. Born in a log cabin, he rose to become a college president, Union Army general, and congressman—all by the age of thirty-two. Embodying the strive-and-succeed spirit that captured the imagination of Americans in his time, he was elected president in 1880. It is no surprise that one of his biographers was Horatio Alger. Garfield's term in office, however, was cut tragically short. Just four months into his presidency, a would-be assassin approached Garfield at the Washington, D.C., railroad station and fired a single shot into his back. Garfield's bad luck was to have his fate placed in the care of arrogant physicians who did not accept the new theory of antisepsis. Probing the wound with unwashed and occasionally manure-laden hands, Garfield's doctors introduced terrible infections and brought about his death two months later. Ira Rutkow, a surgeon and historian, offers an insightful portrait of Garfield and an unsparing narrative of the medical crisis that defined and destroyed his presidency. For all his youthful ambition, the only mark Garfield would make on the office would be one of wasted promise.