Does anyone really care about James Garfield? You will after reading this book. Were it not for the Emperor of Brazil would Alexander Bell have been relinquished to the backwater of history? And how ironic that a British Dr. Lister proclaimed knowledge that had it been followed would have saved Gar...
If most people were to be asked today what they thought of Garfield, they would most likely offer an answer about a cartoon cat, and not the 20th president of the United States, the president who served only 200 days in office, the second president to be assassinated, and one of our great losses as ...
Today, James Garfield is virtually unknown. But at the time of his election in 1880, he was well-respected politician. He did not seek the nomination nor did he campaign to win election. He was a dark horse to win the Republican nomination. However, there was a great conflict within the Republican...
This is non-fiction history at its best. Candice Millard has a remarkable ability to selectively pick out interrelated story lines from an abundance of historical records and arrange them in a narrative to create a compelling read. This book focuses on the 1881 assassination of the James Garfield,...
I am a conspiracy theorist. Friends, don’t unfriend me quite yet, please. Now I’m not one who accepts every conspiracy that comes down the pipeline as fact. I measure the evidence available to me and use my best judgment. Sometimes people are grasping for a conspiracy, other times, you have to admit...
Rating: 4* of five The Book Description: James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he...
If a mentally ill person had not been able to get his hands on a gun, the secret service was doing the job that it does today, if doctors didn’t consider the science of antisepsis the way the anti science crowd considers climate change today, Ohio would have had a significant president in James A. G...
An easy read about a mostly forgotten, potentially great, President. The lesson from history is that it is all too easy to let narcissistic men (usually men) in power take over and make all decisions, no matter how stupid. In this case, a doctor named Bliss, "took over" and pretty much killed Garfie...
It was extememly facinating. Four different stories and how they intersected. I question how our county may have been different if he actually got to be President. Highly recommended.
It shows how much American politics has changed that 130 years ago a man like James Garfield could rise from poverty to the Presidency through scholarship and military service, all without once even campaigning for the office. One thing about Garfield's presidency is absolutely modern though, the f...
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