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President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

byC.W. Goodyear

C. W. Goodyear presents James A. Garfield as a Civil War officer, abolitionist, preacher, teacher, lawyer, mathematician, congressman, and political reformer before his brief presidency. Born in poverty, Garfield rose through talent and relentless self-education while navigating the compromises and corruption of Gilded Age politics. His 1880 election suggested an ability to bridge Republican factions and continue the unfinished work of Reconstruction. The biography follows his assassination and prolonged death while asking what his presidency might have become, restoring a complex leader often remembered only for the tragedy that ended his term.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781982146917