The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
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When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A. Arthur to become a strong and effective president, a courageous anti-corruption reformer, and an early civil rights advocate. Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0306823896
ISBN13:9780306823893
Release Date:September 2017
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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