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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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1901. Contents: William McKinley, An Introduction; William McKinley's Ancestry; Boyhood and Education; The Soldier Boy Earns His Spurs; In the Shenandoah Valley; From Captain to Major; Choosing a Profession; Member of Congress; McKinley and the Protective Tariff; Governor of Ohio; The St. Louis Convention and Nomination; Estimate of President McKinley's First Term; First Year as President; Revolution in Cuba and War with Spain; McKinley and the Closing Century; The Campaign of 1900; Nearing the End; President McKinley's Last Speech; The Assassin's Fatal Shot; The Last Sad Hours; Obsequies of the Martyred President; The Impressive State Funeral Ceremonies; The Last Sad Homecoming; The Country in Mourning; the World's Sympathy with the Nation's Grief; Memorial Tributes; Characteristics and Incidents; The Assassin and the Anarchists; Czolgosz Pays the Penalty; Anarchy's Awful Crimes for the Past Century; Theodore Roosevelt, His Career; and Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1900Original Publisher: Harper ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1902.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Wonderful "Window" into the life of Abraham Lincoln
Even a casual student of American history can recite many of the salientpoints of the career of Abraham Lincoln as president.This book takes thereader far beneath the superficial surface information.While McClure wasan eyewitness to many of the events described, he maintains an objectiveviewpoint.I enthusiastically recommend this book to any reader whodesires a "fly on the wall' perspective of Lincolns presidency. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1879Original Publisher: The Times Pub. Co.Subjects: United StatesAnnals of the war written by leading participants North and SouthDummies (Bookselling)History / Military / GeneralHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: GENERAL REYNOLDS1 LAST BATTLE.BY MAJOR JOSEPH G. BOSEXGARTEN.Gettysburg has become a consecrated name, and among all the long array of those who fell there, John Fulton Reynolds will forever stand out foremost. A soldier by profession, he won a reputation that gave promise of achievement, not fully realized by reason of his early death. A native of Pennsylvania, it was eminently fitting that he should lead the van of the Army of the Potomac, when it hurried to the defense of the State in which he wasborn. Singularly beloved by his comrades in the army, from his West Point days, through his campaigns in Florida, his services on the frontier, his life upon the Plains, he was admired by his volunteer soldiers, and by the great number of civilians with whom he was broiight into intimate relationship in the two campaigns in Pennsylvania and Maryland, in which he was prominently engaged. Free from any personal ambition, he devoted himself to his duty in every post in which he was placed, and he won the confidence alike of subordinates and superiors, so that his name was constantly suggested for the very highest command. His modest preference for Meade as the chief of the Army of the Potomac, when Hooker was relieved, no doubt brought Reynolds to the spot where he found his death; but it was characteristic of his life, and he undoubtedly preferred to serve in the immed... ... Read more

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Printing Disappoints Reader
This is really poor---for a forty dollar book, the print is so light that it can hardly be read. You should let the customer know this. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more