President Garfield from radical to unifier
"In this magisterial biography, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionis...
| Main Author: | Goodyear, C. W. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2023.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
"In this magisterial biography, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canalman; crooked election-fixer and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated. James Abram Garfield was all these things and more. Over nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era--Reconstruction and the Gilded Age--Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. He was elected President to overcome them. He was killed while trying to do so"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
x, 610 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-584) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781982146917 1982146915 |
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