9781982146917
President Garfield : from radical to unifier
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"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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| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Free Library | 973.8409 GAR (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
52113300582002 |
Checked out 10/11/2023 |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Clifton Springs Library | Bio Garfield (Text) Adult Biography |
52115300426478 |
Checked out 10/18/2023 |
| Ontario Public Library | BIO GARFIELD (Text) Adult New Materials |
52126300866449 |
Available - |
| Red Jacket Community Library | B GAR (Text) New Adult Biography |
RJP0106221 |
Available - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||