James Garfield

by Ruth Tenzer Feldman

Book Overview

After one of the closest elections in history, 4,449,053 votes to 4,442,035 votes, James A. Garfield was elected President of the United States in 1881. This was the peak of a long political career, consisting of more than twenty years in congress and the senate This account follows his career from a teenage sailor who nearly drowned 14 times, to becoming the most powerful man in the nation.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822513986
• ISBN13: 9780822513988
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8