by Scott Miller
A “Review” of The President and the Assassin With a title like The President and the Assassin, you'd think this book was about a president and an assassin. And it is. Sort of. This book is less about the individuals and more about the period and the prevailing attitudes at the turn of the century....
The late 19th century was a bumping time for much of America. With the pesky Gold versus Silver standard thing out of the way (think of the troubles it would cause if the Fed started buying up Bitcoins), McKinley was able to swagger into office amid a boom in American production and exports. Railroa...
That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.William McKinley Scott Miller used the assassination of President William McKinley as the centering point of this historical overview of the events at the end of the 19th cen...
A fascinating book that offers a compelling and insightful look at the heights of America's industrial age and its imperialistic ambitions born out of the Manifest Destiny mentality, the anarchist movement, and political developments in Europe and east Asia, all within the conext of the assassinatio...
Absolutely fantastic! Miller tells the parallel stories of President McKinley and his anarchist assassin Leon Czolgosz. Teddy Roosevelt, Emma Goldman, Andrew Carnegie, Johann Most, William Jennings Bryan and many other important figures make appearances in this drama. Throughout my reading of the bo...
This book is fantastic on multiple fronts:1)It is not dryly written which can occur with history books.2)I don't know alot about this period in history as it has never really interested me. The author gives not only a clear psychological snapshot of the President and the man assassinated him, but al...
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