The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

by Scott S. Greenberger

Book Overview

When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A. Arthur to become a strong and effective president, a courageous anti-corruption reformer, and an early civil rights advocate.

Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306823896
• ISBN13: 9780306823893
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"