Complete Life Of William McKinley And Story Of His Assassination. An Authentic And Official Memorial Edition, Containing Every Incident In The Career Of The Immortal Statesman, Soldier, Orator And Patriot. 12+

📖 Complete Life Of William McKinley And Story Of His Assassination. An Authentic And Official Memorial Edition, Containing Every Incident In The Career Of The Immortal Statesman, Soldier, Orator And Patriot. PREFACE. No figure of modern American history appeals so strongly to the patriotism and love of the American people as WilIiam McKinley, and no volume can have greater interest and value at the present day, or be more dearly prized, than a history of his life in which every event of his great career as a noble youth, a gallant soldier, an able lawyer, a brilliant orator, a grand statesman, a brave patriot and an heroic martyr is set forth accurately, and in a spirit of Iove and reverence. The author of this memorial edition has produced exactly the volume described. In graphic words he has described the assassination of President McKinley. It is a word picture that will linger forever in the memory of every reader, calling forth sympathy and patriotism on behalf of the martyr President and undying contempt and horror of the assassin and the foul and cowardly thing called anarchy. Every detail of that now historic scene is told so vividly that the reader sees it as if he were an eye-witness. McKinleys gallant fight for life, his cheerfulness, his patience, his tender solicitude for his invaIid wife, his trust in God and all the beautiful attributes of his grand Christian spirit are recorded with fidelity to truth and a just reciation of the nobility of such a grand character...