| In the Days of McKinley
(1959)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Biography; Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidents - United States - Biography |
| Publication Date |
1959 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.8
mm)
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| Publisher |
Harper |
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| Personal Details |
| Store |
AbeBooks |
| Purchase Price |
$9.99 |
| Acquire Date |
6/10/2015 |
| Condition |
Very Good/Good |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
E711.6 .L4 |
| Dewey |
973.8/8/092 |
| No. of Pages |
686 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
Book Description: Dust jacket has two 1/2 tears and several creases. Pages of text are clean, lightly toned and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes (not envelopes). A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request.***
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Compared to other whole-life presidential biographies I've read, this one concentrates more on the presidential years than on the rest of his life. Of the 600 pages of text, only the first hundred are prelude, with only a few paragraphs of denouement. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
I've found that reading these presidential biographies has been a great way to learn U.S. history. In this book, Leech does a good job of placing McKinley in his context - what were the economic and political challenges he faced? Without this context, the policies a president pursues are impossible to judge. This book is one of the better of the biographies I've read at doing this. We get a good issues he faced, particularly the Spanish War and its aftermath: dealing with the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. |
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