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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 422 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the assassination of William McKinley places events against a backdrop of a rapidly changing, newly industrial nation that McKinley regarded as increasingly great while his assassin became obsessed with poverty and injustice.
Author
Series
American presidents series) volume 25
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 188 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 471p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.
12) A gilded lady
Author
Series
Hope and glory volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1900, secretary to the first lady of the United States, Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of high society--but is hiding a terrible secret. Agent Nathaniel Trask must battle his growing love for her as the threat to the president rises and they face adventure, heartbreak, and danger."--
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a stifling, hot afternoon in September 1901, a young anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, who has been stalking President William McKinley, waits in line to meet the president, his right hand wrapped in a handkerchief and held across his chest as though it were in a sling. But the handkerchief conceals a .32-caliber revolver. When the president greets him, Czolgosz fires two shots. Driven by a sense of duty and by his love for a beautiful Russian prostitute,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Just after 4 p.m. on September 6, 1901, twenty-eight year old anarchist Leon Czolgosz pumped two shots into the chest and abdomen of President William McKinley. Czolgosz had been on a receiving line waiting to shake the president's hand, his revolver concealed in an oversized bandage covering his right hand and wrist. McKinley had two Secret Service agents by his side, but neither made a move to stop the assailant. After he was apprehended, Czolgosz...
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After President William McKinley was fatally shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, Americans were bereaved and frightened. Eric Rauchway's brilliant Murdering McKinley re-creates Leon Czolgosz's hastily conducted trial and then traverses America as Dr. Vernon Briggs, a Boston alienist, sets out to discover why Czolgosz rose up to kill the President. While uncovering the answer that eluded Briggs and setting...
16) The war lovers
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 sound discs (ca. 14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1902 New York, Alice Roosevelt, the bright, passionate, and wildly unconventional daughter of newly sworn-in President Theodore Roosevelt, is placed under the supervision of Secret Service Agent Joseph St. Clair, ex-cowboy and veteran of the Rough Riders. St. Clair quickly learns that half his job is helping Alice roll cigarettes and escorting her to bookies, but matters grow even more difficult when Alice takes it upon herself to investigate a...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines "President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American politics for the next thirty-six years"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, meant to herald the twentieth century, went tragically, spectacularly, awry. In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 608 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this great American story, acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley, which loses out to the brilliant and flamboyant Theodore Roosevelt who succeeded him after his assassination. He portrays McKinley as a chief executive of consequence whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect his enduring accomplishments and the stamp he put on the country's future role in the world. Republican...
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