Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield

from SCRH

I learned a great deal from this well-written book, which covers but a few months in the life of a little-known President. There are a few typos in the text. The index is incomplete, which is troublesome.

from john.cooper

For me, the Presidency between Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt was a murky parade of difficult-to-distinguish whiskered men. The achievement of this book is to give personality and context not only to presidents like Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, but to congressmen and senators such ...

from jerry-book

The remarkable man from Ohio who beat the favorites and ended up as the Republican candidate and the eventual president. Of course, he has a very short presidency because he is assassinated by a disappointed office seeker early in his presidency. But this is the story of how the favorites such as...