Garfield : a biography /

Winner of the Ohio Academy of History Award, the Ohioana Book Award in History, and a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year.?Garfield?s military career, the congressional years, the Presidency, receive thorough attention and evaluation, and one of the delights of this massive biography is tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peskin, Allan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©1978.
Temas:
Garfield, James A. > (James Abram), > 1831-1881.
Garfield, James A. > (James Abram), > 1831-1881
1849-1881
Presidents > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Politics and government
Presidents
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > Politics and government > 1877-1881.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1849-1877.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1877-1881.
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part One
  • 1. Chaos of Childhood
  • 2. A Very Pulpy Boy
  • 3. On One End of a Log
  • 4. The Decision Must Come
  • 5. A Rising Man
  • 6. Colonel Garfield
  • 7. The Hero of the Sandy Valley
  • 8. At the Front
  • 9. At the Capital
  • 10. Bobbing Around
  • 11. To the River of Death
  • Part Two
  • 12. Pushing Lincoln
  • 13. Trying to be a Radical
  • 14. ... and not a Fool
  • 15. Ruling Elder
  • 16. Standing by the Old Ship
  • 17. Anno Diaboli
  • 18. In the Bear Garden
  • 19. Retrieving the Irretrievable Calamity 20. Party Pacificator
  • Part Three
  • 21. The Put-Up Job
  • 22. A Busy, Pleasant Summer
  • 23. Justice and Judgment
  • 24. The Porcupine Administration
  • 25. Strangulatus Pro Republica
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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