Chester Alan Arthur - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Zachary Karabell, Arthur M. Schlesinger (Editor)Series:American Presidents (Times)Publish date:2004-06-21Pages:170
Language:EnglishPublisher:Times BooksISBN-13:9780805069518ISBN-10:805069518UPC:9780805069518Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, HistoricalSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCAY4HSEBN
Chester Alan Arthur
The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him
Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the...Series: American Presidents (Times)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Times BooksISBN-13:9780805069518ISBN-10:805069518UPC:9780805069518Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, HistoricalSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCAY4HSEBN
Zachary Karabell is the author of several works of American and world history, including The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election and Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal. He has taught at Harvard and Dartmouth, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek. He lives in New York City.
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