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The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

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Availability:In StockContributor:Scott S. GreenbergerPublish date:2019-06-04Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306922701ISBN-10:306922703UPC:9780306922701Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCJ0B7EBY6
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306922701ISBN-10:306922703UPC:9780306922701Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCJ0B7EBY6
Scott S. Greenberger is the coauthor, with former Senator Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew, of the New York Times bestseller Critical: What We Can Do about the Health Care Crisis. Greenberger is currently the executive editor of Stateline, a news website funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts that covers state politics and policy for dozens of US newspapers. He was a newspaper reporter for twelve...
Publisher: Da Capo Press

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