This is a book at President McKinley and what led to his presidency and his terms in office and then also about his assassin Leon Czolgosz a self proclaimed anarchist. A good read about what the 1890s was about--how we got into the Spanish American War and the issues and territory that brought about. The trade issues that were hand in hand with the war. Then on the domestic side the labor troubles and a time of "isms" seemingly fighting for a place. Socialism, communism, anarchism, etc were all pulling the workers at the time--workers that were being paid a barely survival wages. An interesting time in the history of our country, although it seems every time in our country is interesting if studied at a deeper than scratching the surface level.
There are 11 WL for this book but I have plenty of credits at PBS right now so no hurry to post & mail at this point.
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