Dark horse: the surprise election and political murder of President James A. Garfield
In this book Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of recent war. He casts familiar Civil War figures like Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott Hanco...
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| Summary: | In this book Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of recent war. He casts familiar Civil War figures like Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott Hancock in unfamiliar roles as politicos alongside feuding machine bosses like senators Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine and backroom string-puller Chester A. Arthur, Garfield's unlikely vice-presidential running mate. The journey through political backrooms, dazzling convention floors, and intrigue-filled congressional and White House chambers, reveals the era's decency and humanity as well as the sharp partisanship that exploded in the pistol shots of assassin Charles Guiteau, the weak-minded political camp follower and patronage seeker eager to replace the elected commander-in-chief with one of his own choosing. Garfield's path from a seat in the House of Representatives to the White House to martyred hero changed the tone of politics for generations to come. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-467) and index |
| Physical Description: | 551 p., [8] p. of plates ill. : 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0786711515 |
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| spelling | Ackerman, Kenneth D. Verfasser aut Dark horse the surprise election and political murder of President James A. Garfield Kenneth D. Ackerman [1st Carroll & Graf ed.] New York Carroll & Graf Publishers [2003] 551 p., [8] p. of plates ill. : 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-467) and index In this book Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of recent war. He casts familiar Civil War figures like Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott Hancock in unfamiliar roles as politicos alongside feuding machine bosses like senators Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine and backroom string-puller Chester A. Arthur, Garfield's unlikely vice-presidential running mate. The journey through political backrooms, dazzling convention floors, and intrigue-filled congressional and White House chambers, reveals the era's decency and humanity as well as the sharp partisanship that exploded in the pistol shots of assassin Charles Guiteau, the weak-minded political camp follower and patronage seeker eager to replace the elected commander-in-chief with one of his own choosing. Garfield's path from a seat in the House of Representatives to the White House to martyred hero changed the tone of politics for generations to come. Garfield, James A <1831-1881> (James Abram) Garfield, James A <1831-1881> (James Abram) Assassination Guiteau, Charles Julius <1841-1882> Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 (DE-588)118716379 gnd rswk-swf USA Präsident (DE-588)2033432-1 gnd rswk-swf Politik Presidents United States Biography Presidents United States Election 1880 Präsidentenwahl (DE-588)4047020-9 gnd rswk-swf Mord (DE-588)4040235-6 gnd rswk-swf USA United States Politics and government 1881-1885 (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 (DE-588)118716379 p USA Präsident (DE-588)2033432-1 b Präsidentenwahl (DE-588)4047020-9 s Mord (DE-588)4040235-6 s DE-604 |
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| title_full | Dark horse the surprise election and political murder of President James A. Garfield Kenneth D. Ackerman |
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