President Garfield : from radical to unifier / C. W. Goodyear.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982146917
- ISBN: 1982146915
- Physical Description: x, 610 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-584) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. The wilderness -- II. The war -- III. The house -- IV. The presidency. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. Presidents > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | BIO GAR (Text) | 37810435806228 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
