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President Garfield

From Radical to Unifier

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President Garfield

By: CW Goodyear
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
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An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield.

In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canalman; crooked election-fixed and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated. James Abram Garfield was all these things and more.

Over nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era—Reconstruction and the Gilded Age—Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. He was elected to overcome them. He was killed while trying to do so.

President Garfield is American history at its finest. It is about an impoverished boy working his way from the frontier to the Presidency; a progressive statesman, trying to raise a more righteous, peaceful Republic out of the ashes of civil war; the tragically imperfect course of that reformation, and the man himself; a martyr-President, whose death succeeded in nudging the country back to cleaner, calmer politics.

©2023 CW Goodyear (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
Americas Historical Politics & Activism Presidents & Heads of State United States War American History Gilded Age Inspiring Civil War
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Compelling Biography • Well-researched History • Excellent Narration • Balanced Portrayal • Insightful Historical Context
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Learned of the potential for greatness of this too short lived - and somewhat unknown - U.S. President, and our nation’s loss as a result

Perhaps Among Our Greatest of Presidents Based on Potential

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Excellent biography about President Garfield. From humble beginnings to the White House he sought to better himself and this country.

Hope the politics of the 1880s resonate today

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Solid biography with excellent narration. I recommend this to any student - good insight into the years following Grant.

Very good

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Phenomenal book with a candid view of the past and a warning for the future. Well done!

An undeniable American hero

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Excellent storytelling, compelling, so compelling - an incredible life made real through masterful writing. As a lover of history, especially USA history, this author leaves me moved by the telling of President Garfield’s life and anxiously awaiting CW Goodyear’s next book. Suffice it say that I wept by the end of the book.
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Excellent

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I have read a couple different books about President Garfield. This one is very well written and very informative to follow. I highly recommend it this is a presidential history buffs type of book!

Very very good!

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So well written and such a worthy subject. Highly recommend this biography we didn’t know we needed.

Must read

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What might have been. I didn’t know much about Garfield; now I do. We need another Garfield now!

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James Garfield was like a HOF NFL player whose career was cut short by gruesome injury. This book brilliantly captures the impactful life of our most underrated president. What a great man… what an enjoyable read.

Underrated

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This book was good and informative. But, the ending left you wanting more about his legacy.

Garfield, untold

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