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Unexpected President : The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-100306823896
ISBN-139780306823893
eBay Product ID (ePID)234897502
Product Key Features
Book TitleUnexpected President : the Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 19th Century, Political, Historical
Publication Year2017
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorScotts. Greenberger
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A great historical read and a great glimpse of a colorful, pivotal, oft-overlooked, slice of U.S. history."-- Austin American-Statesman
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal973.84092
SynopsisWhen 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 by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. As President James A. Garfield struggled for his life, Arthur knew better than his detractors that he failed to meet the high standard a president must uphold. And yet, from the moment President Arthur took office, he proved to be not just honest but brave, going up against the very forces that had controlled him for decades. He surprised everyone -- and gained many enemies -- when he swept house and took on corruption, civil rights for blacks, and issues of land for Native Americans. A mysterious young woman deserves much of the credit for Arthur's remarkable transformation. Julia Sand, a bedridden New Yorker, wrote Arthur nearly two dozen letters urging him to put country over party, to find "the spark of true nobility" that lay within him. At a time when women were barred from political life, Sand's letters inspired Arthur to transcend his checkered past--and changed the course of American history. This beautifully written biography tells the dramatic, untold story of a virtually forgotten American president. It is the tale of a machine politician and man-about-town in Gilded Age New York who stumbled into the highest office in the land, only to rediscover his better self when his nation needed him., When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice President, Chester Arthur. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and his fellow citizens but by his own conscience.From his promising start, Arthur had become a political hack, a shill for Roscoe Conkling, and Arthur knew better even than his detractors that he failed to meet the high standard a president must uphold. And yet, from the moment President Arthur took office, he proved to be not just honest but courageous, going up against the very forces that had controlled him for decades.Arthur surprised everyone--and gained many enemies--when he swept house and courageously took on corruption, civil rights for black people, and issues of land for Native Americans. His short presidency proved to be a turning point of American history, in many ways a preview of our own times, and is a sterling example of how someone can "rise to the occasion."This beautifully written biography tells the dramatic, untold story of a virtually forgotten American president, a machine politician and man-about-town in Gilded Age New York who stumbled into the highest office in the land only to rediscover his better self, right when his nation needed him.
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- Jan 18, 2021
Good book!
Very well written book about a lesser known and understood president.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 23, 2022
Great Read
I'm a geek when it comes to Presidential biographies.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 10, 2021
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Good bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
