Garfield Of Ohio: The Available Man
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Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed political biography, this work chronicles the life of James A. Garfield, one of America's most underappreciated presidents, tracing his remarkable journey from a log cabin in Ohio to the White House. John M. Taylor presents Garfield as a man of genuine intellectual depth and moral conviction, illustrating how his frontier upbringing, distinguished Civil War service, and long congressional career shaped a leader of uncommon character. The narrative uncovers the political machinery of the Gilded Age, detailing the fierce factional battles within the Republican Party that ultimately made Garfield a compromise candidate — the so-called available man — in the 1880 presidential election. Written with an accessible and engaging tone, the biography also recounts the tragic arc of Garfield's presidency, cut short by an assassin's bullet just months after his inauguration, and argues that his potential for reform and principled leadership was among the great lost promises of American political history.
Author: John M. Taylor
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed political biography, this work chronicles the life of James A. Garfield, one of America's most underappreciated presidents, tracing his remarkable journey from a log cabin in Ohio to the White House. John M. Taylor presents Garfield as a man of genuine intellectual depth and moral conviction, illustrating how his frontier upbringing, distinguished Civil War service, and long congressional career shaped a leader of uncommon character. The narrative uncovers the political machinery of the Gilded Age, detailing the fierce factional battles within the Republican Party that ultimately made Garfield a compromise candidate — the so-called available man — in the 1880 presidential election. Written with an accessible and engaging tone, the biography also recounts the tragic arc of Garfield's presidency, cut short by an assassin's bullet just months after his inauguration, and argues that his potential for reform and principled leadership was among the great lost promises of American political history.