McKinley, Murder and the Pan-American Exposition: A History of the Presidential Assassination, September 6, 1901

by Roger Pickenpaugh

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley held a public reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. In the receiving line, holding a gun concealed by a handkerchief, was Leon Czolgosz, a young man with anarchist leanings. When he reached McKinley, Czolgosz fired two shots, one of which would prove fatal.

The backdrop of the assassination was among the largest of many world's fairs held in the late 19th and early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147666630X
• ISBN13: 9781476666303
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher