The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
- ISBN-10
- 0812979281
- ISBN-13
- 9780812979282
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 422
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Author
- Scott Miller
Description
An account of the 25th President's assassination places events against a backdrop of a rapidly changing, newly industrial nation that McKinley regarded as increasingly great while his assassin, Czolgosz, became obsessed with his views on poverty, injustice and social revolution.
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