James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield

Author: Ira Rutkow

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 080506950X

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A biography of James A. Garfield, his rise from humble beginnings to become the twentieth President of the United States, only to be assassinated four months later; and describes how his death could have been avoided by more competent medical care.

Biography by Americans, 1658-1936
Biography by Americans, 1658-1936

Author: Edward H. O'Neill

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1512804940

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This volume is the most comprehensive bibliography of purely biographical material written by Americans. It covers every possible field of life but, by design, excludes autobiographies, diaries, and journals.

Angels in the Machinery
Angels in the Machinery

Author: Rebecca Edwards

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1997-11-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0190283505

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Angels in the Machinery offers a sweeping analysis of the centrality of gender to politics in the United States from the days of the Whigs to the early twentieth century. Author Rebecca Edwards shows that women in the U.S. participated actively and influentially as Republicans, Democrats, and leaders of third-party movements like Prohibitionism and Populism--decades before they won the right to vote--and in the process managed to transform forever the ideology of American party politics. Using cartoons, speeches, party platforms, news accounts, and campaign memorabilia, she offers a compelling explanation of why family values, women's political activities, and even candidates' sex lives remain hot-button issues in politics to this day.