President Garfield's Killer and the America He Left Behind: The Assassin, the Crime, the Hapless Doctors, and a President's Slow, Grim Death

by Joe Tougas

Overview

President James Garfield was walking through a train station when a gunman shot him in the back. A mad scene erupted as Garfield bled on the floor and a crowd surrounded the shooter. Who was this strange man and why had he shot the new president? The answers to those questions became clear as Garfield lay wounded, fighting for life while misguided doctors did more harm than good. In a drama that stretched for weeks, the United States saw a second president die from an assassin’s bullet. And although it lasted only months, the presidency of James Garfield changed his country in ways few people today grasp.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756557157
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Series:	Assassins' America
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	9 - 15 Years

About the Author

Joe Tougas is an award-winning journalist, educator, and musician from Mankato, Minn. His company, Joe Tougas Media and Marketing is based in North Mankato, Minn. He is also a songwriter and performer with The Frye, an acoustic duo who perform plenty of Beatles songs. He is the recipient of a 2014 McKnight Fellowship for songwriting.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Unlikely President 5

Chapter 2 Garfield's Killer 17

Chapter 3 A Political Mess 27

Chapter 4 Guiteau's Crime 39

Chapter 5 The Aftermath of the Assassination 49

Timeline 58

Glossary 60

Source Notes 61

Select Bibliography 61

Additional Resources 62

Index 63

About the Author 64

Interviews

The text depicts a little-known but critical turning point in U.S. history and invites readers to consider how the country was changed and how it might be better off today if not for this crime; the author delivers a highly readable account of the Garfield assassination and a thoughtful look at how it changed the country; a fast-paced approach and inviting prose make this the kind of nonfiction readers don’t want to put down.