James A. Garfield (The American Presidents)
Publisher: Times Books
Published: May 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780805069501
Subjects: Presidents; United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; Garfield, James A.; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Biography/Autobiography; Presidents & Heads of State; Historical - U.S.; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents; Biography; (James Abram),; 1831-1881
First sentence: Saturday, July 2, 1881, was as pleasant a day as can come with an American summer weekend.
Description: 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.