President and the Assassin McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

Name: President and the Assassin McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
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ISBN: 9781400067527

ISBN-10: 1400067529

ISBN-13: 9781400067527

Edition: 2011

Authors: Scott Miller

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A SWEEPING TALE OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA AND THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCES THAT BROUGHT TWO MEN TOGETHER ONE FATEFUL DAY In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin#x19;s bullet shattered the nation#x19;s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century. The President and the Assassinis the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two of the most compelling figures of the era: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who murdered…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




Temple of Music



ï¿½Oh God, Keep Him Humbleï¿½



A Quiet Man in the Corner



ï¿½There Will Be No Jingo Nonsenseï¿½



ï¿½The Government is Best Which Governs Leastï¿½



The Hawaiian Anvil



An Unlikely Anarchist



An Open Cask of Gunpowder



Propaganda of the Deed



ï¿½The Maine Blown Up!ï¿½



ï¿½Fire and Kill All You Can!ï¿½



Dewey at Manila



A Respectable Tramp



The ï¿½Least Dangerous Experimentï¿½



ï¿½The Child Has Gone Crazyï¿½



San Juan Hill



Lunchroom



A Country ï¿½Full of Swaggerï¿½



Bloody Homestead



Spoils of War



Hunting Rabbits



ï¿½It is Always the Unexpected That Happens, at Least in My Caseï¿½



Red Emma



Open Doors



ï¿½Avanti!ï¿½



The American Century



Words That Burn



ï¿½Surrender or Be Killedï¿½



ï¿½Have You Any Secret Societies?ï¿½



Going to the Fair



ï¿½I Done My Dutyï¿½



The Operating Theater



A Park Ranger Comes Running



The Chair


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index