The unexpected president : Chester A. Arthur, his life and times
Greenberger, Scott S.2017
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When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice President, Chester Arthur. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. From his promising start, Arthur had become a political hack, a shill for Roscoe Conkling, and Arthur knew better even than his detractors that he failed to meet the high standard a president must uphold. And yet, from the moment President Arthur took office, he proved to be not just honest but courageous, going up against the very forces that had controlled him for decades. Arthur surprised everyone - and gained many enemies - when he swept house and courageously took on corruption, civil rights for blacks, and issues of land for Native Americans. His short presidency proved to be a turning point of American history, in many ways a preview of our own times. This biography tells his dramatic, untold story.
Main title:
The unexpected president : Chester A. Arthur, his life and times / Scott S. Greenberger.
Author:
Greenberger, Scott S., author
Imprint:
Boston : Da Capo Press, 2017.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780306823893 (hbk)
Dewey class:
973.84092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2536440